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For all of the people asking about contributions to the OS...its a fact that most people who work on Linux aren't volunteers anymore. Most kernel contributors are paid to work on the kernel. The same goes for a lot of the work that is done on distributions...even the free ones.

These guys are doing some great work and it would really be a shame if it didn't continue. They are attempting to put together the kind of polished end user experience that Linux has never had. That's a good thing. It would probably be best if they could find another funding source besides end users because the Linux community has a pretty bad track record of supporting these kinds of efforts.



>Most kernel contributors are paid to work on the kernel.

Not by the Linux Foundation or Linux users. They're paid by third parties.

It's like MS pays it's employees to work on Linux but MS is still doing it for free.




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