Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel and git, is employed by the Linux Foundation. This Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to, as the name obviously implies, the promotion of Linux. The primary use of the funds it collects is to “help fund the infrastructure and fellows, including Linus Torvalds, who help develop the Linux kernel”. The list of megacorporations donating most of the Foundation’s funds is long ...

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https://www.osnews.com/story/145548/follow-the-money-especially-in-open-source/

Just recently changed from Linux Mint to Pop OS. The Cosmic DE is super sweet and easy to rice, but also buggy (not for the faint of heart). I'm continuously slayed that I'm running Wayland, Pop OS and a full host of apps on essentially a potato with less then 4 gigs of ram. This is the same Chromebook I flashed to boot Linux a couple years back and has been my go to ever since then.

The computer's nickname is Betty.

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Hey all, listen to my daughter-in-law Angela give a TEDx Talk on volunteering. She is a social worker with years of experience. So proud of her. Yay! Angela!!

*click on the link… the vid thumbnail doesn’t load.

https://youtu.be/fs5wvVX08DA

@MaryAustinBooks @georgetakei

The adage: “Chicago politics: voters don’t want nobody who nobody sent.” Is a real truism. I hope she pulls it off. She will catch a lot of s*** for her stance on Gaza. The 9th has always been heavily Jewish.

But I hold out hope for her. I really do.