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The Pine folks have been doing fantastic work over the last several years. Does anyone know of ways to support them other than buying products? I don’t really n

The Pine folks have been doing fantastic work over the last several years. Does anyone know of ways to support them other than buying products? I don’t really need these gadgets right now, and don’t have the time to tinker, but want to encourage the ecosystem from a long-term perspective. For example, I’d love to give them some money and become a long-term member/shareholder/something. I don’t really care for the rate of return; I’m more interested in a reason to stay engaged with the organization as its products might mature into my use cases, and help them along the way.

xnyan 6y ago
One suggestion, buy a product for someone who could use it but doesn’t have the resources. As a kid who loved to tinker and had no money this would have meant the world to me at that time.
- j05h 6y ago
  Was thinking the same...school donations maybe?
  - Vinnl 6y ago
    Many libraries also have programs for children interested in tech, might be good to check with a local one.
- ssivark 6y ago
  I know what you mean; I was in a similar situation growing up. One very unfortunate phenomenon among most of the kids I see today is that they are so swamped by “structured” activities that they have no time to “tinker” for the heck of it. They feel pressured that all their time ought to show returns on their resume/exams/applications/etc :-/ I would love to enable a few kids and engage with them so I might at least vicariously get some of the fun of tinkering.
- renegading 6y ago
  I think Pine sells their products at cost so that won't benefit them directly.
- Lex-2008 6y ago
  Store doesn't load for me right now, so I might be wrong, but previously on pages of some devices I saw something like this written in a small print: "Pine64 offers this device at this price as a service to the community and doesn't make any profit out of this". So maybe not a final device like pine(book/phone/tab), but one of single-board computers?
sangnoir 6y ago
You can help them by porting, authoring or fixing bugs in software (apps or drivers). This is one of the reasons they are providing devices at cost to the FLOSS community, and you can support them that way if you are so inclined.

xnyan 6y ago

One suggestion, buy a product for someone who could use it but doesn’t have the resources. As a kid who loved to tinker and had no money this would have meant the world to me at that time.

j05h 6y ago
Was thinking the same...school donations maybe?
- Vinnl 6y ago
  Many libraries also have programs for children interested in tech, might be good to check with a local one.
ssivark 6y ago
I know what you mean; I was in a similar situation growing up. One very unfortunate phenomenon among most of the kids I see today is that they are so swamped by “structured” activities that they have no time to “tinker” for the heck of it. They feel pressured that all their time ought to show returns on their resume/exams/applications/etc :-/ I would love to enable a few kids and engage with them so I might at least vicariously get some of the fun of tinkering.
renegading 6y ago
I think Pine sells their products at cost so that won't benefit them directly.
Lex-2008 6y ago
Store doesn't load for me right now, so I might be wrong, but previously on pages of some devices I saw something like this written in a small print: "Pine64 offers this device at this price as a service to the community and doesn't make any profit out of this". So maybe not a final device like pine(book/phone/tab), but one of single-board computers?

sangnoir 6y ago

You can help them by porting, authoring or fixing bugs in software (apps or drivers). This is one of the reasons they are providing devices at cost to the FLOSS community, and you can support them that way if you are so inclined.