Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo. Donation time!

Rosjahh · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:21 pm Post subject:

Just donated $15.

Kudus to Daniel Robbins.

Raoul_Duke · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:10 pm Post subject:

Good luck for the future Drobbins........if you ever need cheering up, just search this forum for all those "i just installed Gentoo, this is amazing" posts :wink:

I know mine is there somewhere

I don't think you can measure the difference you've made to Linux in general. Gentoo is one of the big boys now but he's still your baby :wink:

p.s. Someone should email him the link to this thread
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iplayfast · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject:

I was going to buy some t-shirts but the store seems empty?!
I guess I'll have to buy CD's, since there seems to be some question of direct donations going directly to Daniel or to the NP gentoo. At this point I'd rather give the gift to Daniel, since he has (obviously) given so much.

I hear that http://www.osdl.org/ seems to like hiring Linux programmers. Maybe he's qualified

In anycase I'm hoping he decides that he really can't live without Gentoo after all.... (and that this influx of donations helps him get back on his feet.)

Good Luck Mr. Robbins!

puggy · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:37 pm Post subject:

Suicidal · l33t Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 959 Location: /dev/null

sog · Guru Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 356

new to the gentoo community, and i'm a former rh/suse guy.

donated 50 to the guy who created the distro that taught me linux (or some of it, i've still got a LOT to learn).

i don't think gentoo's going anywhere, and until i see signs that it's failing i think we all need to just keep on keeping on.

AlterEgo · Veteran Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 1619

/me emerges donation & appreciation
Thanks drobbins, stay around

bendy · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject:

$25 each X 800 users = $20,000

Do the maths and hit that donate button. Daniel's family should not have to suffer while he gave us the linux distro ever.

a23d56 · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Easing debt.. or am i?

Wolven · Guru Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 325 Location: Norway

Thank you for Gentoo and good luck to you Mr. Robbins.

Donate

Mindstab · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject:

Just made my first open source donation. $20.00. Hope it helps

Bjorn · n00b Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 16 Location: Denmark

Thank you for your contribution to the open source community and for creating the best GNU/Linux distribution out there. I wish the best of luck to you and your family in the future.
Being a poor student I could not afford donating more than $15, but I do hope it helps you :-)

Frodo42 · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject:

25$ just donated to reduce the 20K

I had newer heard about Robbins till now, and I've been using Gentoo for over a year now, and love it.
It's going to be interesting with the new structure, I hope Gentoo keeps on being the best OS out there.

BlueEar · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject:

Floog · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Nov 2002 Posts: 116

When I think of some of the crappy Windows video games I've purchased over the years, I didn't even have to think for 10 seconds about it once Puggy confirmed that the donation link at the store will get the money to drobbins.

$25 well spent as of 1:45 pm EST.

I've only used Gentoo full time for a few months, but I'm hooked and hope it will continue to thrive.

Good Luck Mr. Robbins.

Floog

raylpc · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:26 pm Post subject:

Just did my part, $20. I will donate more when I get my job. Thanks for all the great work. Gentoo is the greatest OS I ever used.

silentbob · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 159 Location: UK

Just to say a big thank-you to Daniel for being the source and inspiration for the best linux distro I've used. I've learnt so much about linux while using it and it gave me the chance to drop Windows for good!

Good luck in the future Mr. Robbins, I've sent you a little $25 'thanks' through the Gentoo store for all your hard work, it has been much appreciated.

Thanks to all those who help support the Gentoo community, not only the programmers but those who kindly support others in these forums and by providing documentation... fantastic.

TheCoop · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:35 pm Post subject:

i wonder how much hes got so far, must be a sizeable dent into that debt already...
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iplayfast · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject:

guard0 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

this thread is VERY VERY encouraging and shows the sheer amount of support and kindness to newbies and tech veterns alike..
i applaude all that have contributed to ANY open source project, and i really am glad to see this kind of support coming from the gentoo crowd especially..

(insert standing ovation here, once for daniel robbins, and once for the community in general)
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hybridcargeek · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

I just gave a healthy donation and I encourge everyone else out there reading this thread to do the same.

We have all benefited that Daniel was charitable enough to sink years of his life into this project. If you have been watching gentoo over the past couple of years you have seen that Daniel has tried several different ideas for ways to make a living off of gentoo. This is a good thing -- he's the founder of the project that makes the rest of us so happy. In an ideal world a good mechanism would exist to ensure that he and the other contributors were rewarded for that effort. I think that he has been reasonably open about various plans however it seems like some vocal members of the community have always chosen to see underhanded behavior where there were more likely simply just attempts to find a way to make an honest living off of an open source product.

I was always a little saddened to see the attacks and suspicions being raised -- and you could tell from his responses that Daniel was _really_ tired of it.
I don't know Daniel, but from this note and others in the past I suspect that his departure has a lot to do with the constant suspicion.

None of his ideas for a commercial gentoo business took off, which is just the way things work out sometimes. I think it shows all good things that he chose to set up gentoo as a not for profit organization.

Lets applaud that decision, be a little charitable ourselves and pass the hat around and see if we can help pay Daniel back a little for his sacrifice. Then lets wish Daniel and his family well in his future endeavors (gentoo or otherwise) and do what we can to keep our distro happy and healthy.

For the record I also contributed to NotForProfit on the main site (about a month ago) and I've also contributed $ to other open source projects when the inclination strikes me. The software we are building as a community has value and for each project out there someone is paying the fees to keep a website online, etc.. Pony up 10 bucks here and there, it can't hurt the movement.

pauldv · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject: Daniel's thanks

Hi all,

I've just come of the phone with Daniel. He's very gratefull for all the donations comming in. He will try to thank all of you as soon as possible. There are a lot of donations to be gratefull for though and he has some mail sending problems. But let me relay his thankfullness

Paul
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Gruffi · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject:

Just did my 100$

It would only let me enter 99 first but i cheated and changed it on the 2nd page :wink:

It's nothing compared to all the wincrap i bought in the past!
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amne · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject:

Starting a distribution like gentoo is great, having a family maybe even more important. Good luck!

flox · n00b Joined: 29 Nov 2002 Posts: 45

Just contributed as well 25$. Hope it helps the gentoo project or at least drobbins .

After all I guess gentoo will survive anyways. If a distro like gentoo depends on only one person something is wrong. Nevertheless I absolutely understand that this is a big loss and that this gap must be filled first.

regards,
Flox

P.S.:
What I don't understand is that no discussion (or at least I didn't realize one) about donating and the critical situation was raised before. I think the gentoo team knows about the size and solidarity of the community.

I also have no doubt, that drobbins has the knowledge and potential to make $20k in quite a short time.