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Chimera is a FOSS project and therefore does not and will not take donations

Lol, what the heck is that supposed to mean?

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Failed OpenSource Software

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I’m guessing they want Chimera Linux to be developed by volunteers rather than employees? They would still need at least a little funding for their website and download links though.

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Idk, it’s just awkward wording, that might be what they mean, like they don’t want money for what they do as to avoid creating an expectation, though that doesn’t come across at all from the original text, so I have no idea

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I thought this was https://chimeraos.org/ and I’m not sure how I feel about the name clash. Especially since this project started at least two years after Chimera OS did, from what I can find.

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Apparently chimeraos changed their name from gameros after chimera Linux was already public

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I didn’t even know chimeraOS existed while having known about chimera Linux for years so I guess that shows you how much the name clash matters

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Sweet. I just found out about this project a little while ago. Good luck to everyone, and congrats on your milestone!

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I’ve been running Chimera for about 8 months and love it. I’m very picky about package managers, and APK is up there with xbps (Void) in performance.

Almost everything I need I can run via flatpack. There are a few apps that I miss. They have a guide for porting them but I got lost last time I tried to get everything setup.

I thought about just running a container for those apps, but got lost in that setup too :). I’m waiting for some winter westher to hit so I have an excuse to stay inside and play with it.

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This is a very interesting project with some novel tooling. Looking forward to seeing how it develops.

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