then you’re in luck because it’s old news. (circa 2016 iirc).
tldr: they decided to pull away active development on some foss projects because they conflicted with their profit motive.
it’s easy to appreciate why a for-profit company would want to protect its revenue stream and it would seem that the waters would get really murky when their products rely on free and open sourced work; but i know from personal experience that much bigger fish like google and oracle have made it work REALLY well for themselves and in much better fashion (atleast publicly) than system76 has.
Thanks for taking the time for the clarification! I’m sure this would clear it up for some other folks as well.
I also know they’re a fraction of the size of those giants who can probably field staff specifically for FOSS contribution, but that’s still a bit disheartening. I hope things improve.
Every time they’ve seemed like a good option I find myself balking at the price though lol.
my last linux rig died and i had to buy a new one and system76 price tag made me go with ordinary windows laptop and putting linux on it.
i’m currently getting reminded of how much headache buying a from a linux-first company alleviates too; it’s taken me over a week to setup an encrypted installation to dual boot with windows. lol
then you’re in luck because it’s old news. (circa 2016 iirc).
tldr: they decided to pull away active development on some foss projects because they conflicted with their profit motive.
it’s easy to appreciate why a for-profit company would want to protect its revenue stream and it would seem that the waters would get really murky when their products rely on free and open sourced work; but i know from personal experience that much bigger fish like google and oracle have made it work REALLY well for themselves and in much better fashion (atleast publicly) than system76 has.
Ah I see what you’re saying.
Thanks for taking the time for the clarification! I’m sure this would clear it up for some other folks as well.
I also know they’re a fraction of the size of those giants who can probably field staff specifically for FOSS contribution, but that’s still a bit disheartening. I hope things improve.
Every time they’ve seemed like a good option I find myself balking at the price though lol.
my last linux rig died and i had to buy a new one and system76 price tag made me go with ordinary windows laptop and putting linux on it.
i’m currently getting reminded of how much headache buying a from a linux-first company alleviates too; it’s taken me over a week to setup an encrypted installation to dual boot with windows. lol