Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo. Donation time!

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mhodak · Post by **mhodak** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:52 am

Donated $20.

pointwood · Post by **pointwood** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:16 am

Donated $20.

Souperman · Post by **Souperman** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:04 am

Donated $20.

Tis the least I can do for the man who created the best distro I've ever used and the one that has me very very close to ditching Windows (I still love Age of Empires too much).

Daniel, if you're reading this, thank you very very much for all the blood, sweat and tears you have put into Gentoo, it has changed my computing experience in a big way! If you tackle your future projects with half the passion you did Gentoo, things can only go well!

TecHunter · Post by **TecHunter** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:25 am

charlieg wrote:I think this pretty much covers every reason he's leaving, a mixture of personal issues and being sick of side-stepping FUD:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/65

have to say life is tough.
best wishes to robbins.
hope you can be back soon.

senectus · Post by **senectus** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:30 am

Donated $10

I'll buy a CD set in a week or two when The CC settles down

(had planned to anyhow)

Don't be a stranger mate.. We want to hear from you everynow and again.

to everyone else.. dig deep and don't let this guy and his tribe suffer, every little amount helps..

lduperval · Post by **lduperval** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:50 pm

I'd promised myself at the beginning of the year that once I found a distro I really liked, I'd donate for its support. So $50 I sent to Daniel. I thought about buying a CD but decided against it because 1) I don't need it and 2) Daniel would have to pay shipping (I think?) which would cut some of his profits.

L

MK · Post by MK » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:03 pm

I will help with a donation aswell, never noticed the donate thing before or I would have donated some in the past aswell. Gentoo made me enjoy linux again and still is enjoying it after two years. I never found a distro that didn't annoy me and always ended up using windows more than debian/suse/etc, but then came Gentoo

n8wood · Post by **n8wood** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:32 pm

Donated $20

nephros · Post by **nephros** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:38 pm

Unofficial intermediary count: We are currently at
*** USD 2062 ***
from purchases and donations mentioned in this thread if I counted correctly.

I used the same means of counting as this poster from page 5:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... 96#1083896
which is including CD and T-shirt sales, and assuming 10$ where unspecified.

dweigert · Post by **dweigert** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:44 pm

I put in $20 yesterday, and will be putting in more once I get paid.

Dan

MmmmJoel · Post by **MmmmJoel** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:44 pm

I'm not sure why he didn't ask earlier. Maybe a pride thing? There's no shame in asking for donations to a project so many people are willing to donate for.

Poul-Henning Kamp's fundraiser to continue development on FreeBSD was a huge success: http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/funding.html

I'd be shocked if there wasn't enough community and commercial support to give Daniel a nice payday to continue what he does best. Hopefully he reconsiders.

Delaque · Post by **Delaque** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:03 pm

Donated $20.

resin · Post by **resin** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:10 pm

Donated $25.

dreas · Post by **dreas** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:34 pm

Being in debt myself for a long time, I couldn't say more thanks than a dual disc and 10 bucks can.

IMC · Post by **IMC** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:50 pm

Donated $55.

Tyris · Post by **Tyris** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:02 pm

Donated $20! I hope all these donations will help you out Daniel. Thanks for a great distro!

Hellsnoopy · Post by **Hellsnoopy** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:30 pm

Have been using gentoo for a short time , and because of it i switched to linux full time. I usualy hang around the #gentoo channel , and might I add , I never had a question unawnsered for the most dumb it could be. The comunity is awesome , the product is great , but indeed we lost our soul now. Have no clue what will happen now , indeed the board and all the dev's will try their best t make gentoo sucefull but they will have to follow their own way of doing things , and that will unlikely will be drobbins way and the comunity way , lets just see what the future will send us.

Btw , bought a cd set last week , couldnt donate now because I'm a student from brazil , and that turns things lots expensive to donate.

Arkanjo · Post by **Arkanjo** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:50 pm

Donated $50 plus a Gentoo 2004.1 CD

A big thank you Daniel, wish you luck, and at some point get back to us you will be missed.

bendy wrote:
$25 each X 800 users = $20,000

He can make this happen guys, I know he can

Once more I'm very proud to be in this community

And for those who can't find nothing on the store to buy, just donnate if you want here:
https://store.gentoo.org/product_info.p ... ucts_id=30

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:52 pm

Maybe of everyone puts this in their sigs, it might get even more peopls attention.

smiley

tsunam · Post by **tsunam** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 10:02 pm

I started gentoo about 5 months ago after reading about portage and the ease of it. I've completely converted to linux because of it, minus gaming. Course i'm doing it on a seperate computer, a older p3 500. but its still my primary computer over my new amd 2800 etc new computer. Its just that nice and easy to use.
20 donated, and a cd set as well here.

up to....

2312

come on guys get the lead out and lets help him with the debt he's accumulated on our behalf. Its the least we can do for him.

(total includes my own)

TheCoop · Post by **TheCoop** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 10:30 pm

that doesnt include people who havent posted on this thread, so you can probably add at least $1000 onto that

kurtb · Post by **kurtb** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:32 pm

I just ordered myself a single universal 2004.1 cd and donated $15. Hopefully, this helps out things. Best wishes to drobbins.

CDLM · Post by **CDLM** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:12 am

Donated $20

- Dave -

asiobob · Post by **asiobob** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:44 am

Just donated $20
Sometimes I've love how australian banks give students credit cards against their will

I can make good use of it!

stonedown · Post by **stonedown** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:18 am

I just donated $20. I also donated $25 previously.