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|    Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio    |
|    29 Jan 26 02:29:57    |
      From: bowman@montana.com              On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:29:41 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:              > Yeah, it actually is. It was over 5% in the U.S. last month. And there       > are a lot of "unknowns" in the survey. Windows 11 has definitely gotten       > a lot of people looking at Linux. Whether these people actually use       > Linux or not, that may be another matter. But Windows 11 and its AI crap       > in everything is definitely making people look at alternatives.              So far the library program has attracted one potential convert. Not a       smashing success although it is somewhat hampered by a lack of publicity.              There is a MLUG google group that's been deader than Kelso's nuts since       2007. Floating out the idea of moving it to Discord awakened the dinosaurs       wondering why the switch.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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