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Users can donate digital currency  
Written by osmosis the 11 Oct 12 at 06:46. New
Many users are now donating to their favorite online services using the bitcoin currency. Only offering PayPal as a way to donate will cause a loss of some potential donors who are willing to donate using Bitcoin.

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Solution #1: let users 'Pay with Bitcoin' and other donation methods
Written by osmosis the 11 Oct 12 at 06:46.
In addition to the new 'Pay with PayPal' donation option that Ubuntu gives to users before the they download the desktop install, give users a choice to donate using other methods.

One desirable option would be to donate using bitcoins. Ubuntu could use many of the free software packages out there to build their own bitcoin checkout, or a bitcoin payment service like bitpay.com could be integrated similar to how paypal is currently being used. Other examples would be donating using Google checkout or credit cards.

Reference:
Canonical asks desktop users to "pay what you think Ubuntu is worth"
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/10/canonical-asks-desktop-users-to-pay-wha t-you-think-ubuntu-is-worth/
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Solution #2: Alternative payment processor to Paypal
Written by Auzy the 14 Oct 12 at 00:22.
There have been numerous complaints about Paypal. And, a payment processor should be provided as an alternative (which doesn't screw its customers). However, Bitcoin has serious technical limitations (including, a limit of 21 mil currency units), which guarantees it will never be a practical currency, and that it will crash.

At the very least, Canonical should find a community focused / moral alternative to Paypal and replace it for those who want to donate using credit card.
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Solution #3: Allow Telegraphic Transfer donations
Written by Auzy the 14 Oct 12 at 00:29.
Allowing donations through telegraphic transfer cuts VISA/Mastercard/AMEX out of the equation, and, it cuts out some of the middle men.

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Solution #4: Include other Major Payment Processors
Written by lewisgoddard the 16 Oct 12 at 17:42.
Many people already trust and use both Google Wallet and Amazon Payments, with very little difference between them.

The Humble Bundle processes the big three.

See the 17 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 9 May 13 at 01:30) >>

Promote the Linux brand.  
Written by talvik the 14 Feb 11 at 18:53. Not an idea
When you enter ubuntu.com. You're welcomed to a nice, informative and clean webpage.
But there is something wrong there, you can't read the word Linux anywhere. You keep navigating on the website without seeing a single mention it.

What's even more baffling is entering various Ubuntu Server pages and not seeing "Linux". Doesn't Canonical think that would help promote their server edition?
How does Canonical expect to be a major Linux provider when they don't even bother to inform that THEY ARE A LINUX PROVIDER?!

Major links without any reference to GNU/Linux.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.ubuntu.com/server
http://www.ubuntu.com/support
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop
http://www.canonical.com/
http://www.canonical.com/about-ubuntu
http://www.canonical.com/enterprise-services

All major distros and enterprise Linux providers have "Linux" written all over their webpages. For some strange reason they seem to be proud of it.

Ubuntu is weakening the Linux brand. Ubuntu owes this to GNU/Linux. Ubuntu will never be bigger than GNU/Linux, no matter how popular it gets.

PLEASE PROMOTE THIS IDEA, PROPOSE GREAT SOLUTIONS
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Solution #1: Associate the Ubuntu brand with Linux
Written by talvik the 14 Feb 11 at 18:53.
Promote, be proud of being Linux.
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Solution #3: Show an image of the current releases mascot playing a game with Tux
Written by evanplaice the 25 Feb 11 at 20:23.
People who care know that MacOSX is built on Unix the same as people who care know that Ubuntu is built on Linux.

And please... don't attach GNU to the brand. I'd like to think that we've moved on from attaching names that sound like you're expectorating to everything Open Source. Linux has taken the negative PR from one too many religious crusades for this century already.

If you want to attach Linux to Ubuntu, have a talented graphic designer do a cute mockup of the current mascot (Natty Narwhal) and Tux playing a game together with the ubuntu ring thingy. That will spread much faster than spamming 'look at us, we're linux' on the front page.

Forgot how cute the Ubuntu mascots are? Take a look at this http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/look-at-all-ubuntu-mascots-code-names.html.

And, the current mascot has the potential to be one of the goofiest and cutest of all. There's already a very popular (and annoying) animation about narwhals. Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc.

Sidenote: Seriously, I can't believe nobody created a cartoon mascot for Jaunty Jackalope. Talk about missed opportunities.
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Solution #4: Help the Linux and Ubuntu brands by not creating confusion
Written by joerlend the 15 May 11 at 14:27.
Today, I was told by a new user of Ubuntu that "Alt+tab works better in Windows than in Linux". (Actually, the default alt+tab plugin does lag a little bit in Unity).

Help reduce this kind of confusion by _not_ using the Linux brand in Ubuntu branding, instead using it only when Linux itself is relevant; for instance, Jockey could display a message like "Ubuntu uses Linux drivers" and a partitioning tool could say something like "These filesystems are provided by Linux".

Making people think Ubuntu is the same as Linux, does not help the brands of either Ubuntu or Linux.

See the 16 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 21 Oct 11 at 00:55) >>