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Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress - The Register (www.theregister.com)
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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That amount of money is one developer full time maybe. Which can make a really, really big difference for an Open Source project actually.

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That amount of money is one developer full time maybe

$564,000 / year??? I'd think definitely two, maybe three.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, feels like 3-4.