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Network Time FoundationJan 5, 2016
Linux Fund has made a donation to cover hardware costs required for testing infrastructure at the Network Time Foundation. More details and a post from the Network Time Foundation on hardware usage to follow. |
Software Freedom ConservancyDecember 17, 2015
Linux Fund has made a donation towards Software Freedom Conservancy's fund raising campaign. Please consider joining us in support of their work. |
Texas Linux Fest 2015July 1, 2015
Linux Fund sponsored the Texas Linux Fest on Aug 21-22, 2015. |
Community Leadership Summit 2015July 1, 2015
Linux Fund is proud sponsor of the 2015 Community Leadership Summit in Portland, Oregon. Join us July 18 as we meet with community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects this summer. Our team will be in Portland and looking forward to meeting with projects interested in applying for grants. |
Community Leadership Summit 2014May 8, 2014
Linux Fund is proud sponsor of the 2014 Community Leadership Summit in Portland, Oregon. Join us July 18th and 19th as we meet with community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects this summer. Our team will be in Portland and looking forward to meeting with projects interested in applying for grants. |
LibreGraphics Meetup 2014March 31, 2014
Linux Fund is co-sponsoring developer travel and accomodations for the upcoming 2014 Libre Graphics Meeting which will be held in Leipzig, Germany, April 2-5, 2014. Please consider support the event via their Pledgie drive as well. The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual working conference for free software graphics application users and developers. |
Non-Profit Accounting SoftwareMay 3, 2013
Non-profit organizations sucha as Linux Fund are required to product a number over annual government filings about our finances and programs. Keeping up with these often requires the use of proprietary software. For this reason we were excited to hear about and support the Software Freedom Conservancy's Non-Profit Accounting Software campaign. |
MeetBSD 2012May 2-5, 2012 Viena, AustriaLinux Fund is a Silver Sponsor of the MeetBSD conference taking place November 3-4, 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA. We look forward to meeting our BSDFund and Linux Fund card holders at the event. |
Kids on ComputersAug 20, 2012
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ChamiloJuly 16, 2012
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Village TelcoJuly 10, 2012
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OpenBSDJuly 1, 2012
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WikioticsMarch 19, 2012Linux Fund is proud to support the |
jQuery FoundationMarch 6, 2012
Linux Fund is proud to be a founding sponsor of the jQuery foundation. In March 2012, Linux Fund provided initial funding to help cover administrative and infrastructure costs associated with the launch of jQuery's new foundation. |
Libre Graphics Meeting 2012May 2-5, 2012 Viena, Austria
Linux Fund is co-sponsoring developer travel and accomodations for the upcoming 2012 Libre Graphics Meeting in Vienna. Please consider support the event via their Pledgie drive as well. The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual working conference for free software graphics application users and developers. The seventh edition takes place May 2-5, 2012 in Vienna, Austria. Teams from GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Krita, Scribus, Hugin, Open Font Library and many other graphics projects gather to improve their software and discuss new ideas for interoperability and shared standards. |
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Linux Fund is working with Village Telco to fund a build server for their Mesh Potato firmware project. Additionally Linux Fund will be supporting a portion of Village Telco's hosting expenses for 2012. The Village Telco is an initiative to build low-cost community telephone network hardware and software that can be set up in minutes anywhere in the world. No mobile phone towers or land lines are required. The Village Telco uses the latest Open Source telephony software and low cost wireless mesh networking technology to deliver affordable telephony anywhere. 
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About Linux Fund
Linux Fund is a community-neutral 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides financial and administrative support to the open source community. We have given away over $750,000 to open source events and projects around the world since our founding in 1999 using funds raised through our line of credit cards and direct donations.