i mean is a distro not made by a corp stable as in does it last years or do they often fail and vanish?
so i dont install a distro and customize it and all this and fine i need to move my whole digital life to new distro again.
i mean is a distro not made by a corp stable as in does it last years or do they often fail and vanish?
so i dont install a distro and customize it and all this and fine i need to move my whole digital life to new distro again.
Slackware and Debian are the two oldest distros that exist (33 years). Debian is maintained by a group organized by a social contract.
Slackware is maintained by one dude in rural Minnessota.
Arch won’t be going anywhere either.
it’s amazing to see it still go on strong despite the police killing its founder and leader.
I hadn’t heard about that. Do you have a link with more info?
He tweeted about being physically and sexually assaulted by police before he committed suicide.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/prominent-programmer-dies-in-apparent-suicide-after-violent-encounter-with-san-francisco-police/
i’m surprised that there are any articles out there considering that it was over 10 years ago and the cause of death is going to be determined on whether or not you trust the police
this article has enough breadcrumbs to lead you into requisite rabbit holes that’ll help you understand why there’s controversy around his death: https://thehackernews.com/2015/12/debian-ian-murdock-died.html
“…one dude in rural Minnessota” is there a story here?
Slackware has been maintained by its inventor, Patrick Volkerding, since 1993.
He used to make his living by selling Slackware DVDs.
When that market collapsed, he partnered with an online shop to make money selling Slackware merchandise.
But they fucked him over and he didn’t see any money from them.
So he was forced to move from California back to his original home town in Minnessota to reduce his cost of living.
He still works on Slackware full time, but now he depends entirely on donations.
Aww I didn’t know that. I used Slackware for many years and had the DVD subscription. I got tired of worrying about dependencies and moved to Debian, but I still have a soft spot for Slackware.
I do remember one time Slashdot had an article about a new Slackware release, and he was like, “Do I get first post?” lol What a time that was.