 Hello, this video is to inform you of some changes that I'm going to be doing to my channel. As you know, if you're a regular viewer, I've been doing about 12 videos a month, three every week on different topics. And it's just been overwhelming working on those as well as answering questions. And I also want to be able to continue to make videos, but I just don't have the time right now, and the effort is just growing. So what I'm going to try, as I mentioned in a previous video, is to get more viewer support by using a website called Patreon. Now I will still be posting my videos to YouTube. All my videos will be done under a Creative Commons license. All of my code will always be under an open source license, usually a GPL license is what I prefer. So none of that will change, but what I would like to is have more interaction with you and have more time to put more quality into my videos. And I also just want to be able to do more things, different types of videos, get other people involved in my videos, and all that takes time, effort, and money. And that's where Patreon comes in. It's similar to a Kickstarter, except for it's an ongoing Kickstarter. A lot of Patreon creators, what they do is they have their Patreons, you guys, the viewers support them per video. Now I do a lot of videos, and I hope to continue doing a lot of videos. So I don't want to have to charge you per video, although you could put a cap on what you pay each month. So the way I've set it up on my Patreon site is that you can help support me on a monthly basis. I have rewards starting at $2 on up. And what this will do is give you more access to what I'm working on, as well as more of a say. You will be able to download the videos without the YouTube ads in an open-og format. You will have an option to get them early on. I'm going to start doing monthly topics, and instead of having to wait for the entire month, if you get to the reward for that, you will be able to download all the videos at the beginning of the month. You will be able to get rewards to other things, like being able to vote and have a say on what videos I'm going to create. There are rewards where we will be able to have Google Hangouts, and we'll all be able to talk if you get to that, and I'll be able to hear your input and start working on other videos and tutorials that maybe topics I didn't think of. I also really just, like I said earlier, wanted to get more people involved, wanted to get other people who are involved in computers and maybe programming languages and other hardware that I'm not familiar with, both people who are more advanced than me, so I can get information from them and maybe people who are knowledgeable on computers but maybe aren't great at programming or have questions about Linux if they aren't regular Linux user, and that way I can do videos where I talk with them, I interview them, and I can get more of a concept of maybe what beginners are looking at as far as Linux goes, but basically I want to continue what I'm doing, put more time and effort and better quality into these videos, I want to be able to get new hardware for these videos, especially hardware that I can do tutorials on, and the way this works is you'll be able to go to my Patreon site and you can choose to be a Patreon and how much you want to pay each month, and at any point you can stop, you don't have to be locked in, so if I start going around you don't like, you can change your mind, if you decide that you like the way I'm going you can always upgrade your rewards, and I also want to hear what your thoughts are as far as other rewards maybe that you'd like to see, but basically this will give me an opportunity to continue making videos, hopefully upgrade the quality of them, get some new content, some new ideas, and most importantly, interact with you guys more. As I've mentioned a number of times, I don't like the communication through YouTube comments, plus I get so many, I don't have time to answer them all. Well if you become one of my Patreons on Patreon, not only will you get regular updates on what I'm working on and what I'm doing, you will be somebody that I can make time to talk to and time to answer questions. So I just ask you to take a moment, go over to the Patreon website, look at the rewards I've set up, and seriously consider helping support my site, my videos, and allow me to continue making the videos I'm making and more. Again I want to continue, I've been doing a lot of videos every month, and I just can't afford to continue doing it the way I'm going now. If you guys have noticed over the last two years or a year and a half, I've had YouTube put ads on my videos through AdSense. Well let me tell you this, I just got paid for back in January, and the amount of money I got for the month was $166, and that's before the transfer fees, it came down to actually $161 for the month, that's 12 videos. That breaks down to an average of $13 a video. I spend a lot of time on each of these videos, some more than others, but I can't continue putting the effort for that. I need to be able to justify the effort, the time, and the money I spend on these videos, and this is the way you can do it. Again, I am not saying you have to pay, I will still be posting these videos on YouTube, they will still be under a Creative Commons license, but the people who help support will get early access, and more of a say on what's going on. But if for some reason this doesn't pan out, I might try something else, but I will try to always make videos, but if this doesn't work out, the number of videos is going to be cut dramatically, so I just hope that if you enjoy my videos, you think about going and supporting, like again, the lowest reward is $2 a month. I really hope that my videos entertain you enough and educate you enough that you can afford $2 a month to help support me, my site, my work, and my interaction with you. So I thank you so much for taking the time to watch this video. I ask that you take the time to go over and look at my Patreon site and look at the rewards and seriously consider how much my videos and my work is worth to you. I thank you so much, and as always, I hope that you have a great day.