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It would be interesting to see if the new dialog box is improving the number of users paying for the software, but I guess they are waiting for more data to see that. Appart for that, I have absolutely no problem paying for Elementary, in my opinion is the best Linux distribution and by far. Everything is really polished and well done.

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> Everything is really polished and well done.

I'm using Elementary OS right now. It's pretty, but it's really no more polished than Ubuntu. In fact, it just mostly uses the same Ubuntu repositories. That's not a bad thing, but it's worth keeping in mind that Elementary OS is as good as it is because it's building on Ubuntu.

I wonder how Canonical feel about Elementary making money off an operating system that receives updates from archive.ubuntu.com

It really doesn't matter how they feel though.

It all seems a bit similar to Red Star OS.

Probably the same way the Debian folks feel about Canonical making money from an operating system built on Debian.

>making money

I highly doubt they're turning a profit.

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