Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Date: 13 Dec 2025 02:02:20 GMT Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <10hd0v5$1qp6n$1@dont-email.me> <10hdbpa$1ul7a$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /rajFU8dKHVI/+qeXSipwQkV0cBN/t6Y7z8EVZawqCOn6HLOfL Cancel-Lock: sha1:LXH79v0kHbn7JEOgrHcUq8w2+nY= sha256:ReufsNnk8Eogk1BF49PZ/V5O8KlNto3H1Gj6Vm6fI9s= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78957 On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote: > rbowman wrote at 03:42 this Thursday (GMT): >> On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:54:33 -0800, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >> >>> You are overly sensitive to requests for donations and unrealistic >>> about the expense associated with creating and maintaining a >>> distribution. This is not commercialization as it creates no profit. >> >> Some people have reported getting a KDE popup suggesting a donation. >> I've got KDE on two machines and haven't seen it although I did throw >> them a few bucks. >> >> I am getting a little weary of everyone with their hand out this time >> of year. > > > 'tis the season? My Christmas playlist. Bah. Humbug. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk 'The Season's Upon Us' Dropkick Murphys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8 'Fairytale of New York' The Pogues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li8GrxE1jfg 'Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas' John Denver