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Indeed, it's hard to imagine a person (that I don't personally know) who I more want to ensure a very, very long and productive life than GabeN. He has done more for us Linux/open source people than nearly anyone else I can think of besides maybe the Linux kernel team, Red Hat, and Arch, Debian and other bigtime contributors.



Don't forget what Linux was like pre-Google and pre-Chrome. Google has contributed a ton to Linux, not even counting Android...


Thank you, that's an excellent point. I have my criticisms for Google but they have really done a lot for Linux and open source in general. Increasingly also Meta has been making significant contributions




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