Wasn't sure where to send but thank you...

From	Star Light Catcher <catcherstarlight@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Wasn't sure where to send but thank you...
Date	2026-04-08 18:30 +0200
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I would just like to say, I would sometimes browse the reddits for Linux
and in the general Linux reddit I saw someone saying the project was "in
trouble" and worried I went to the Debian reddit to look into it... And
what I'm very sad to say I found was people being very cruel and closed
minded about the fact that the project seems to be valuing inclusion and
bringing in new voices and talents to the FOSS community and the Debian
project... So, I no longer really read reddit for Linux news but I very
much wanted to say how much I've adored using Debian these past 8 months
since switching to Linux. It's been rock solid, my best experience on Linux
ever (and despite only switching 8 months ago I had tried Linux many times
since 2010! Tons of different distros!) Debian has been genuinely an oasis
from so much of what is wrong about modern tech, all while being built on
what is obviously such a solid foundation I can't see myself switching back
to Distros which genuinely often seemed to nuke themselves with little
cause from me, and I've done plenty of things to ride my installs of Debian
hard and it's never faltered at all.

And about the people behind the Debian project... In a time of increasing
authoritarianism and such a huge increase to push minorities even further
to the fringes... Debian embracing diversity during all of this... It warms
this trans woman's heart who has felt such a sense of dread at the way the
world is going. So thank y'all genuinely. Linux users are known to
distrohop but... I can't imagine ever needing anything but the Universal
Operating System ever again 🫂 and what brings me such joy is that it feels
that it's not just universal, as in, for all devices, but universal, as in *for
everyone*. 💜

Thank you for all you do, I plan to up my donation when I can,
Star Elizabeth Wilkerson 🦄⭐️

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Wasn't sure where to send but thank you... Star Light Catcher <catcherstarlight@gmail.com> - 2026-04-08 18:30 +0200
  Re: Wasn't sure where to send but thank you... Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2026-04-09 15:50 +0200

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