Many of us, and many of the companies we work for, profit off open source tools. But most
open source maintainers sacrifice their free time building and maintaining these tools.
They usually don't get anything back, besides lots of support requests. I wanna change that.
Also, I have this box full of really cool Raspberry Pi boards that... well they're in
this box and I can't possibly put them all to good use! I even have a few extra Compute
Module 4s, which are kinda hard to come by.
So I thought, maybe this year I can help open source maintainers and ALSO find some new
happy homes for all these Pi boards! This is the 2021 Open Source Pay-it-Forward Giveaway:
to enter, just donate or contribute to an open source project or maintainer. Then you
could win:
The CutiePi, the first real Compute Module 4-based tablet.
The PiBox mini 2, a mini 2-drive storage cluster in a box.
A CM4Ext Nano, a tiny but full-featured Compute module board for embedded development.
Oratek's TOFU, with a full kit including the TOFU, a Compute Module 4, a case, an M.2 adapter,
and even some pretty stickers!
Seeed Studio's CM4 Routerboard, a tiny but powerful dual-gigabit Ethernet board with
USB 3.
DFRobot's CM4 Router board, an even tinier dual-gigabit board.
A MirkoPC with a 4 gigabyte CM4, this was one of the first full-featured CM4 boards
I tested, with onboard audio and NVMe.
Two SourceKit PiTray Minis, which are great for basic CM4 use and debugging.
The prototype Wiretrustee SATA, with a 1 GB CM4, and the full 3.5" hard drive case enclosure
kit to build a big 'ol NAS.
Two Flirc Raspberry Pi 4 cases, my favorite standalone case for the Pi 4, since it's silent
but keeps the Pi cool.
Three Raspberry Pi model A+s, all of which I used to use for home monitoring.
...and I might give away a couple other things too! And let me be VERY clear: I'm not running
this giveaway to try to build an email list or anything like that. I'm not partnering
with anyone, I'm not requiring you to follow me on Instagram or anything. I just wanna
make some people's lives better.
And when I reached out to the people who built all these devices and sent them to me, they
were more than happy to put them in the giveaway, and they're also excited to cheer up some
open source maintainers this year! So here's how the contest works: Subscribe
to the channel. Well, that's not actually required, but you should do it anyways!
But actually, find an open source project, or a maintainer or contributor to your favorite
project, and donate! Anything counts.
If you don't have money right now? Just reach out on social media or email, and tell them
"thanks." You have no idea how good it feels to get that one message of thanks. Even if
you do donate money, maybe also send a message! It'd be amazing to see a wave of gratitude
leading up to the new year!
After you do that, go to the entry form in the description. Fill it out, and next week,
I'll pick the winners at random and send some of these amazing Pi projects out.
Now, unfortunately due to shipping issues, I can only ship to the US this year. I've
been trying to ship to other countries and it's just too hard to guarantee shipments'll
make it to everyone. And the reason that's important is many of these boards are actually
one-of-a-kind prototypes. A few of 'em even have a hardware bug or two. But they're the
actual boards I've been using in my videos and even paying the premium shipping fees,
it's just too risky trying to send 'em internationally.
Anyways, I should also say my own thanks, to all of you, for watching these videos,
subscribing to the channel, and making it so I can do all these amazing projects.
If you need some inspiration for who to support, maybe check out the GitHub Sponsors home page,
Open Collective, or find your favorite people or projects on BuyMeACoffee. Now, go make
some maintainer's day, and until next time, I'm Jeff Geerling.
I don't have any outtakes in this video, but I did wanna say thank you to everyone, and
in a very special way all the people you see scroll past at the end of my videos.
This year I finally decided to try out full time writing and producing these videos, and
there's no possible way I could do that without your support. I truly mean it, and I know
from analytics that if you made it this far, you're a pretty dedicated subscriber.
So thank you for watching my videos, and like I said earlier, even if you can't donate money,
please go find an open source maintainer or project and say thanks. It really means a
lot to get that simple, positive message.
And stay tuned for the Turing Pi 2 next week. It'll be fun!