▲ 130 ▼ Gentoo Needs Your Help! Several Sponsors Have Pulled Out (itsfoss.com) submitted 1 week ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago (6 children) What's behind in the drop of sponsors? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (4 children) 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 4 child comments replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (3 children) 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 hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 week ago (2 children) Gentoo doesn't do user stats, so it's impossible to tell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) Yeah, I know, I was thinking more along the lines of the Distrowatch popularity ranking of which specific pages get the most hits (and Gemtoo pretty low down these days). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago I would expect Gentoo's rankings on Distrowatch to be lower than its actual uptake. I mean, it's an oddball distro, an old and well-known one whose reputation probably spreads more by word of mouth than anything else. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 week 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 51 points 1 week ago (4 children) 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 4 child comments replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (3 children) 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 hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 week ago (2 children) Gentoo doesn't do user stats, so it's impossible to tell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) Yeah, I know, I was thinking more along the lines of the Distrowatch popularity ranking of which specific pages get the most hits (and Gemtoo pretty low down these days). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago I would expect Gentoo's rankings on Distrowatch to be lower than its actual uptake. I mean, it's an oddball distro, an old and well-known one whose reputation probably spreads more by word of mouth than anything else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (3 children) 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 hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 week ago (2 children) Gentoo doesn't do user stats, so it's impossible to tell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) Yeah, I know, I was thinking more along the lines of the Distrowatch popularity ranking of which specific pages get the most hits (and Gemtoo pretty low down these days). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago I would expect Gentoo's rankings on Distrowatch to be lower than its actual uptake. I mean, it's an oddball distro, an old and well-known one whose reputation probably spreads more by word of mouth than anything else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 week ago (2 children) Gentoo doesn't do user stats, so it's impossible to tell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) Yeah, I know, I was thinking more along the lines of the Distrowatch popularity ranking of which specific pages get the most hits (and Gemtoo pretty low down these days). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago I would expect Gentoo's rankings on Distrowatch to be lower than its actual uptake. I mean, it's an oddball distro, an old and well-known one whose reputation probably spreads more by word of mouth than anything else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mr_jay@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) Yeah, I know, I was thinking more along the lines of the Distrowatch popularity ranking of which specific pages get the most hits (and Gemtoo pretty low down these days). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago I would expect Gentoo's rankings on Distrowatch to be lower than its actual uptake. I mean, it's an oddball distro, an old and well-known one whose reputation probably spreads more by word of mouth than anything else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago I would expect Gentoo's rankings on Distrowatch to be lower than its actual uptake. I mean, it's an oddball distro, an old and well-known one whose reputation probably spreads more by word of mouth than anything else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 week 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