"antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

[Tzafrir Cohen]

Off-topic:

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 10:18:47AM +0200, Geoffrey Mendelson wrote:
> On 11/19/2017 9:54 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote:

> 
> 
> > I've been thinking about Mint, Kubuntu or Fedora - any thoughts (or
> > additional options)?
> 
> Linux Mint was developed and maintained by a raving lunatic anti-semite. He
> demanded that his work had nothing to do with the IDF because it violently
> oppresses the Palestinian people. That is impossible, because many of the
> maintainers of all distros use code from Israel, and most of the people here
> serve milluim.
> 
> He was eventually chastised to the point he claims he apologized, but if you
> can find his apologies, it was for setting off the Jews who control the
> world.  You probably can't find them, as when he was called out on his slap
> in the face apologies,  he deleted all the relevant blog postings.

He made such an ill-informed decleration long ago (some 10 years ago?).
If he tries to distance himself from Israel, he's not doing a very good
job: the "Partners" page on linuxmint.com[1] clearly lists CompuLab, a
long-time partner (they OEM the "mintBox") with an Israeli flag.

[1] https://www.linuxmint.com/partners.php

Please don't continue spreading this mis-information. Clem made a
mistake long ago. Let's move on.

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