You’re trying to scam a Linux community into giving you private data or money? Bold strategy.

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I can recommend HereWeGo as an alternative to Maps. I switched two years ago and I am quite happy with it ever since.

Mhm, I think this is more complicated than it looks. The LF today isn’t a direct Linux kernel funding body and more an umbrella for open-source governance (infrastructure, events, certification, security work, to name a few). So the other 97% are not necessarily wasted. Also, many kernel developers are paid outside of the LF by companies like Red Hat, Google, AMD, SUSE, Microsoft. So in reality there is alot more cash flowing towards Linux kernel development. A better/sharper criticism would be that the LF has become an industry consortium for “enterprise open source” or so, rather than a Linux-centered foundation. The counterpoint on the other Hand is that this founded infrastructure is exactly what allows large-scale open-source projects to function in the first place.

I think there are many right answers, and in the end it’s dependent on your personal likings. I am self-hosting using Fedora, and I couldn’t be happier.

I am new to the topic, so I can’t really contribute. But I love to see other people help the boycott.

• Switched to Vivaldi. Awesome browser on all plattforms IMO.

• Switched to Proton Mail, and feel good about it. Why is Proton bad?

• And Big Win: I now host my own Nextcloud, Kalender and paperless-ngx. Highly recommend these, from a usability point of view. Can’t say much about the technical or security perspective.

As someone who is not at all into programming, this title made me genuinely think I had a stroke.