Hi folks. Solus would like to thank our backers, new and longstanding, past and present for your contributions. You have helped keep Solus running, we couldn't keep this distribution running without you.
We have been re-thinking our perks for the Open Collective membership tiers in light of our workload, as well as our team and our backer list having grown. We want to reflect what we can reliably deliver on a regular basis that gives backers something worthwhile. Here's the breakdown.
Donation amounts for the different membership tiers will remain the same. You will also still be able to do a custom one time or recurring contribution.
Three tier definitions had "early access to news/updates" listed as a perk. This fell by the wayside as we focused on bringing Solus packages and tooling up to date. We would also prefer to share news with the general Solus Community, to be more transparent. We are therefore removing early access to news as a perk from all tiers.
We will be adjusting the amount of ISOs we provide per tier. We feel this is something we can reliably deliver, and provides more value to our backers.
We would love to hear feedback from the Solus community, whether or not you have donated. The changes we propose to the perks would be:
- Backers ($1): No change
- Release Testers ($3):
Old: "Early access to news/updates, Access to testing ISOs the week of Release"
New: Release Candidate (RC) ISOs for all editions. This includes Budgie, Plasma, Gnome and XFCE.
Difference: No change to ISO access, only removing early news. - Beta Testers ($10):
Old: "Early access to news/updates, Access to testing ISOs the week of Release, Access to weekly “snapshot” ISO for the Budgie Edition."
New: Snapshot ISOs for all editions monthly, as well as RC ISOs for all editions.
Differences: Monthly ISOs for all editions in the new perk vs Weekly ISOs for Budgie only in the old.
12 more ISOs every year (with the monthlies) for 3x the price vs the new Release Testers tier. - Crew ($25):
Old: "Early access to news/updates, Access to testing ISOs the week of Release, Access to weekly “snapshot” ISOs for all editions"
New: Snapshot ISOs for all editions every sync (usually weekly), as well as RC ISOs for all editions.
Differences: No difference in amount of ISOs between the old and new perks.
4x the ISOs vs. Beta Testers for 2.5x the price in the new perks.
Please let us know what you think! Do you like these perks or would you like to see something else? Feedback will be open for one week.