The distro has been around since 2002, so it’s not that old even though it predates Ubuntu by a couple of years.
I don’t know, to me, a distro that’s nearly 22 years old is pretty old.
I mean, I’d say Arch is an old distro, having started in 2001. I’d also say Ubuntu and Mint are quite old distros at this point, having begun in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
I’d say something like Garuda, which started 4 years ago in 2020 can be considered new.
And second,
There is a mention that donations will now be tax-exempt in the US, as they are in the EU, but what about other nations, specifically the UK?
isn’t Garuda an arch based distro? technically it’s not a standalone distro,but a customized arch,so I can’t see them as Gentoo,arch,fedora(rhel), debian. same is Ubuntu for example.
Reading between the lines on the gentoo-dev mailing list, I gather that the old system just was not working very well, with friction between the Foundation and the technical side of the distro.
I think, regardless of where you’re donating from, this means less overhead and your money goes a little bit farther on the charity’s side, which is a win for everyone.
You’re right though that it’s not tax deductible for you, so the amount you can donate does not change, just the effectiveness of those dollars.
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