Project elementary OS users who subscribed through GitHub Sponsors for a fee of $50 per month with the option to request once a month personal assistance from the lead developers in solving their issues. However, if the solution requires more than 1 hour, the developers will only provide some output and express gratitude for the sponsorship.
Until this moment, the monetization of elementary OS was carried out in the following ways:
- Selling the distribution image on a 'pay what you want' basis. You can choose any amount for the purchase, including zero (in this case, the zero option is not explicitly mentioned in the download form, and the button is labeled 'Buy' and changes to 'Download' only when zero is entered into the input field, which may ).
- Selling native curated applications in the same way. Here, 30% to elementary LLC, and 70% goes to the application developer.
- 'Voting' with money for solving a particular Issue on the .
- Campaigns on crowdfunding platforms. of them was dedicated to another round of improvements for the AppCenter marketplace: enhancing privacy and stability, switching from DEB to Flatpak, creating a personal account for saving payment methods and purchase history, and increasing the store's accessibility for other distributions. The campaign concluded , but the epidemic disrupted the developers' plans to organize an in-person hackathon. Instead, the team gradually implements the planned features within the campaign in a .
- Financial support from System76 — the manufacturer of Linux computers and developer of the Pop!_OS distribution. This was mentioned, at least, in the release of 5.1.
- Collecting 'classic' donations via ja .
Let's remember that the distribution , positsioneeritud kui kiire, avatud ja privaatsust austav alternatiiv Windowsile ja macOS-ile. Projekti peamine fookus on kvaliteetsel disainil, mis on suunatud lihtsa, madala ressursi kasutusega ja kiire käivitamisega süsteemi loomisele. Kasutajatele pakutakse oma töölauda Pantheon.
When developing the original components of Elementary OS, GTK3, the Vala language, and the Granite framework are used. The distribution is based on the developments of the Ubuntu project. The graphical environment is based on its own Pantheon shell, which incorporates such components as the Gala window manager (based on LibMutter), the WingPanel top panel, the Slingshot launcher, the Switchboard control panel, and the lower task panel. (Vala keeles ümber kirjutatud Docky paneeli analoog) ja sessioonihaldur Pantheon Greeter (LightDM alusel).
Keskkonda kuulub tihedalt integreeritud rakenduste kogum, mis on vajalik kasutajate ülesannete lahendamiseks. Rakendustest koosnevad enamik projektiga seotud arendused, nagu terminali emulaator Pantheon Terminal, failihaldur Pantheon Files, tekstiredaktor ja muusikapleier Music (Noise). Projekti raames arendatakse ka fotohalduri Pantheon Photos (variant Shotwellist) ja e-posti klient Pantheon Mail (variant Gearyst).
Allikas: opennet.ru
