Friend who is not a software person sent me this tweet, which amused me as it did them. They asked if “runk” was real, which I assume not.

But what are some good examples of real ones like this? xz became famous for the hack of course, so i then read a bit about how important this compression algorithm is/was.

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    3 months ago

    How does one go about finding these people and make sure they don’t end up like the dude that maintains slackware?

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          2 months ago

          He was forced to move from California back to Minnesota cause he couldn’t afford life on the west coast anymore.
          Recently he stated in an interview that it’s getting tight in Michigan, too.
          But he still has a hobby of restoring old cars from the 60’s so he’s not starving.
          I’m donating a monthly amount to him (roughly the equivalent of what I’d pay for an M365 subscription), cause IMO Slackware needs to survive.
          Unfortunately, he’d need about 200 regular donaters like that to live off, and Slackware’s user base probably isn’t large enough for that anymore.