Post #3354461

2026-06-19 15:17 UTC

Arguably the biggest contributor to the Linux ecosystem is Red Hat, a for-profit company that offers its technologies to the Israeli military among other things. The biggest contributor to the Linux kernel is Red Har, while the second biggest is Meta. The Linux ecosystem is not inherently nonprofit!

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@Dymonika@lemmy.ml 2026-06-19 15:34

Oh… shoot… TIL, thanks!

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@Dreamer@lemmy.ml 2026-06-19 16:01

Why do you make the argument that Red Hat is the biggest contributor? Searching Linux contributor breakdown by organization puts them tied for 3rd at ~7%. insights.linuxfoundation.org/…/contributors?timeR… commandlinux.com/…/linux-kernel-contributors-line… Don’t get me wrong. Intel leading the corporate contributions is worse. lol

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@Kirk@startrek.website 2026-06-19 16:00

Wow I went to fact check that claim and it's actually no exaggeration. [Here is the AP article](https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-ai-weapons-430f6f15aab420806163558732726ad9). >Google and Amazon provide cloud computing and AI services to the Israeli military under “Project Nimbus,” a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021, when Israel first tested out its in-house AI-powered targeting systems. The IDF has used Cisco and Dell server farms or data centers. Red Hat, an independent IBM subsidiary, also has provided cloud computing technologies to the Israeli military, while Palantir Technologies, a Microsoft partner in U.S. defense contracts, has a “strategic partnership” providing AI systems to help Israel’s war efforts. Crazy to see Palantir, Google, Microsoft mentioned alongside ...Red Hat.

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@Bogus007@lemmy.zip 2026-06-22 05:02

This is also a reason why some are against RedHat distributions (eg Fedora) or products (systemd, pulse audio). If you don’t like to support the company and have an alternative, take the alternative.

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