A big thank you to the Manjaro team

[SchulzX777]

Hello everyone.

I don’t even know how to start.

OK, I’ve been using Manjaro for a few years now, and the KDE version has become my absolute favorite. Modern, familiar, customizable, but I prefer to use the Manjaro standard settings, although I make a few small adjustments, etc.

Here and there I’ve tried out different distributions, but I’m always magically drawn back to Manjaro. It’s like a positive energy that draws me there. Every few weeks I reinstall my computer because I think it’s the best computer school there is. If you leave your operating system installed on your computer for a long time, you forget one thing or another, like how to set up your system to your liking, etc.

As many of you may have noticed, I very rarely use help in this forum because I often solve small problems myself by doing some research first. If I can’t find a solution, I look for help in this forum here and there. But overall I hardly have any serious problems, or rarely have any.

I have to say, the support here is really great and polite and damn fast. In my experience, people are helped really quickly here and my impression is that the people behind Manjaro take it very seriously to offer all users the best possible user experience.

Everything works really satisfactorily and it just works. With some users, however, I ask myself, what the hell do some people do with their computers that then have problems? Well, that’s just the way it is.

At this point I would like to say a big thank you to the Manjaro team, thank you very much for setting up such a great operating system and for helping users as best as you can with problems. I really love Manjaro because it radiates a special energy.

I have also been thinking for some time about donating regularly to the Manjaro project in the form of a normal bank transfer via IBAN, preferably because there is no Paypal. Because I believe that if you can donate even small amounts, it motivates the Manjaro team to continue to offer a great operating system for their fellow human beings.

I’ll stop here and wish you all a blessed Christmas and I love you all somehow, even though I don’t know anyone here personally. Also, please give everyone a hug, because I think most people need that right now.

Best wishes, Marcus.

_{Moderator note: Edited for better readability.}

[philm]

Hi Marcus,

thx for your kind words and your feedback. We are glad that you like Manjaro. We mostly aim to have the distribution solid and avoid issues on the user side. Our community is great and very good in helping out, when there are any issues may occur. It is good to hear that you have only very few or almost none at all.

Regarding donations. It is possible to use IBAN to donate to our project. For legal reasons we use OpenCollective which also offers to donate as a guest via bank transfer. The tutorial on how to do that can be viewed here: Wire Transfer Instructions via Open Collective Platform | OCE

Basically you go to the Donate process and decide the amount you want to donate. Also decide if you want to tip OC. You can also check not to donate to them:

Then you may share some details. You may need an email address to receive the details on how to transfer the donation to our collective. Either use your personal email, or create a new one via proton.

Then select the payment method bank transfer:

It will show you also the summary and payment details on the final page:

Looking forward to your contribution.

[philm]

Beside the European Collective we also have one in the United States: Contribute - Open Collective plus the UK: Contribute - Open Collective. Else there is also the option to donate via the Linux Foundation to our project: Crowdfunding

[SchulzX777]

Hello @philm,

I am from Germany and this option is not shown to me that I can select the payment method manually, see screenshots. But I also don’t want to use any other things like Proton or so just to make a donation. Why does it always have to be so complicated?

Best regards.

[philm]

A donation process should be simple. Also a legal entity is needed to be on the save side.

That IBAN transfers are somehow restricted based on country is odd to me. It depends always on the service provider. When I checked on my location, currently in Vietnam, I saw all the options for all the fiscal hosts we have a relationship with.

Seems for Germany it can work via SEPA direct to place an IBAN. However then Open Collective Europe ASBL will use Stripe as service provider. The European Collective can be emailed.

[philm]

I got a reply from OCE regarding the manual bank transfer option:

It is only possible to use the bank transfer option for one-time contributions.

Here, it looks like your contributor is trying to start a recurring contribution as a guest via bank transfer.

If they wish to start a recurring contribution, it will have to be via credit card or PayPal (because these options are charged monthly with the selection).

If they can only make a bank transfer, you can invite them to contribute via this link (Donation). It is going to be a single contribution.

It is also a manual process for them. That is why they use providers like Stripe or Paypal for monthly contributions.

[Keruskerfuerst]

I am using Manjaro for ~5 years now for daily work.
It works very well and only the speed of the distribution could be a bit higher.

[SchulzX777]

Thanks for the information, I’ll do it once a month, it all worked out.