Help Linux Hardware Testing & Reviews Continue While Enjoying Phoronix Without Ads

If you missed out on the Phoronix Premium special back during the 22nd birthday of Phoronix.com in June, there is another promotion now active for helping to support the site and allow for continued daily original content and relentless Linux performance benchmarking and other open-sourced focused hardware testing. A decade plus ago there use to be the annual Phoronix pilgrimage/meet-up to Oktoberfest in Munich as the lone holiday of the year (but still with squeezing out daily content too...). That, unfortunately, ended long ago with the very depressing state of the web ad industry and rampant ad-block use. But in honor of Oktoberfest kicking off again tomorrow in Munich, there is a Phoronix Premium special once again happening for those wanting to help support the site and make my continued daily Linux hardware testing and content possible. It's an Oktoberfest sale or otherwise just think of it as an autumn special otherwise. Web advertisements, unfortunately, remain the main method of allowing Phoronix to continue after 22+ years with well less than 1% of readers subscribing to Phoronix Premium while more than half of the ads are blocked via ad-blockers. By subscribing to Phoronix Premium you can help the site continue while enjoying no web ads, native dark mode, multi-page articles presented on a single page, and other benefits. The standard rate for Phoronix Premium is typically $45 USD per year or $250 for a lifetime subscription. For this Oktoberfest/autumn special, you can go premium at $35 USD per year or $160 for a lifetime subscription. From now through the next two weeks (end of day 27 September, any timezone... not particularly strict) is this premium special. To take advantage of this deal, first ensure you need to be registered on the Phoronix Forums as the forums are what handles the subscription/user management aspect. There isn't any integrated sales support in there so the normal prices of premium subscriptions are listed there still. To get the discounted deals of $35 for a year subscription or $160 for a lifetime subscription, PayPal the amount of money to [email protected] (or you can use the PayPal link or Stripe link). For those preferring not to use PayPal or just want to use a CC directly, Stripe is the preferred method if not wanting to deal with a PayPal account. Or if just wanting to provide a tip via those means, that's fine too and very much appreciated. Sending any amount extra will be treated as a tip or can be renewed for multiple years if desired, thanks! Then as soon as possible I will have activated your forum account to premium status. If your payment email address is different from your forum's registered email address, please include your forum username when making the payment. Custom corporate/company-wide subscriptions and more can be made available by contacting me or for any other other support options/considerations. Thank you for your continued support over the past 22+ years with more than 5,600 Linux hardware reviews and more than 51,200 original news articles. Here's to hoping for another celebration next year; Prost!