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   RonB to rbowman   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   30 Jan 26 07:32:52   
   
   From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-29, rbowman  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Windows 11 has made a lot of people restless about Windows. Where they end   
   up, I have no idea.   
      
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