▲ 128 ▼ Gentoo Needs Your Help! Several Sponsors Have Pulled Out (itsfoss.com) submitted 3 days ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 41 points 3 days ago (3 children) What's behind in the drop of sponsors? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (1 child) Their post does not say but I'm sure the current economy is no small factor. Businesses are tightening belts because things are only expected to get worse. Sponsorship of a dwindling Linux distribution is an easy cut to justify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago I wonder what the number of users is various distros. I used Gentoo on my desktop around 15-20 years ago and really loved it, but now I prefer vanilla Debian. I think Arch took over a large part of the Gentoo user base. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 3 days ago* If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that hardware costs being driven up dramatically has made it more difficult for their sponsors to provide infrastructure to the project for free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (1 child) Their post does not say but I'm sure the current economy is no small factor. Businesses are tightening belts because things are only expected to get worse. Sponsorship of a dwindling Linux distribution is an easy cut to justify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago I wonder what the number of users is various distros. I used Gentoo on my desktop around 15-20 years ago and really loved it, but now I prefer vanilla Debian. I think Arch took over a large part of the Gentoo user base. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago I wonder what the number of users is various distros. I used Gentoo on my desktop around 15-20 years ago and really loved it, but now I prefer vanilla Debian. I think Arch took over a large part of the Gentoo user base. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 3 days ago* If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that hardware costs being driven up dramatically has made it more difficult for their sponsors to provide infrastructure to the project for free. permalink fedilink source parent