Other companies seem to be doing ok with the linux desktop, for example linux mint (which seem to continually increase revenue) and pop os.
Their patreon donations have been declining, I Fear that some of their design decisions are just not attracting users (If not getting them to leave), that leads to less users and therefore less donations.
At least for Pop, the main funding stream is System76 computers, not Pop itself. It makes me a little nervous about the prospects if other companies start to move in more aggressively to the Linux consumer computer market. Personally, I just bought a Framework laptop that I might install Pop on, but none of that money is going to maintain Pop. I like Pop, so I don’t feel too great about that.
Other companies seem to be doing ok with the linux desktop, for example linux mint (which seem to continually increase revenue) and pop os.
Their patreon donations have been declining, I Fear that some of their design decisions are just not attracting users (If not getting them to leave), that leads to less users and therefore less donations.
At least for Pop, the main funding stream is System76 computers, not Pop itself. It makes me a little nervous about the prospects if other companies start to move in more aggressively to the Linux consumer computer market. Personally, I just bought a Framework laptop that I might install Pop on, but none of that money is going to maintain Pop. I like Pop, so I don’t feel too great about that.
You could either donate to help Pop’s development or use its more community oriented upstream distro Debian.
Donating is a good idea, but it doesn’t necessarily fix things as a systemic issue.