So? Does it need more? Seems to be doing just fine.
Not sure why people think the linux foundation should only do the kernel, it supports a wide variety of open source projects.
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So? Does it need more? Seems to be doing just fine.
Are we really doing fine? 4% linux market share? Windows is a default? 8 fellows and 28 "leaders"? That's "fine"?
Not sure why people think the linux foundation should only do the kernel, it supports a wide variety of open source projects.
The maintainers are burning out, the developers are graying, there could be more tests, Rust could be a bigger focus, hundreds of positions from trainee and beyond could be funded, contributions via alternative means besides email could be supported, hardware support could be improved, support staff could be employed, lobbying for linux could be done (linux as a default for products, government OS default could be linux, etc.), and so much more directly related to linux could be done.
4% linux market share?
On desktop. On servers the situation is much different.
phones.
and pretty much every device thats not a desktop computer runs linux.
Are we really doing fine? 4% linux market share? Windows is a default?
I suspect that the issue hindering adoption is GNU and other user land projects, not the Linux kernel. Plenty of people use devices that pair a Linux kernel with an easy to use UI and popular software (see Android and Chromebook).
Many people would happily switch to a Linux based OS that had the exact same GUI as their current OS and ran the exact same software. That is not a realistic requirement in practice.
It is possible that Linux would have more adoption if they invested more money into having drivers for a wider range of hardware, but having Linux kernel develers write drivers instead of hardware vendors is not a strategy that scales well.
realistically, the linux foundation gets all its funding from corporations who have interests in servers, android and embedded. So all the funding goes to those things and not to the linux desktop.
Do you want to bribe the users to use Linux over Windows? Would work with maybe 1% of the users, 50% don't even know what windows is, they're just happy they're still alive and that this funny button allows them to communicate with other seniors.
I do not disagree, but shouldn't the name be changed to reflect that?
What do you propose to change it to? There are several big organisations supporting open source projects in general. The Linux Foundation's most famous project is Linux. They pay Linus's bills so he can develop Linux full-time. The Linux Foundation's relationship to Linux kernel development is unique among open source software organisations.
The support junk
Is this the rage baiting flavour of the month? Is the next step complaining that they spent it all on "the rainbow people"? The Linux Foundation supports lots of open source projects and 8 million dollars on kernel development alone is a lot.
They support new endeavors instead of what matters. They don't support all of the random small projects that are critical for operations.
This linked chart image and more can be found on the financial report https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/Reports/lf_annualreport23_071024a.pdf?hsLang=en at page 158 (number right bottom of each page), under section Revenue and expenditures.
They could support useful projects gasps
What does "Project support" means? To support all their projects or just LF?
Lf has a lot of sub projects, like their awesome CNCF for example.
It's all in the linked pdf.
Regarding the poor font rendering of this image, they should spend a bit on Linux kerning.
Nice to see the 13M into community trolling