throwaway2037 20 hours ago

    > unpaid Linux maintainers

In 2026, I would say most are paid, certainly all of the really important leads. They are employed directly by Linux Foundation, or by a tech giant, like Google, Meta, Amazon, IBM, etc.

▲ Ygg2 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Not Linux as in kernel. Linux as in distro. I doubt most of Arch, NixOS, GoboLinux, Slackware maintainers are on FAANG payroll.

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prmoustache 15 hours ago | parent [-]

RHEL/Fedora SUSE/OpenSuse, ubuntu then?

	▲	throwaway2037 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That is what I was thinking.