To whomever would hear it:<p>I want and need a deluxe Linux OS for which I would pay $200&#x2F;year, which would do things well. This includes:<p>- Porting bugfixes forward (I dropped Ubuntu because they didn&#x27;t port a bugfix from 12.x to 13.04 - After 2 days trying to recover my network auth, I asked a Mac to my boss).<p>- Designed for me, not for monkeys with big fingers who bring up Amazon results for every search (That&#x27;s not why I dropped Ubuntu, but desktop developers aren&#x27;t within the targets of Canonical),<p>- Who would hire and pay UX designers. I want the Mac OS X experience. I don&#x27;t want to recompile my kernel. I want few features in the OS, but well-designed. I want people working days over days to fine-tune the mouse controls in the OS (the first warning that made me upset about Ubuntu). I want to hear the rumble of developers integrating Webkit with nice developer tools into an open-source chromium.<p>- I, developer, using IntelliJ IDEA, using apt-get&#x2F;brew, I want to be the paying customer of that OS. I don&#x27;t want my data be sold. I might want some cloud sync, but I don&#x27;t want share buttons, especially when I watch porn (I&#x27;m absolutely serious). And I want the cloud parts of my OS to be under APL-Affero.<p>- Obviously those bugfixes must be sent back upstream to the OSS community. Ideally there would be half the money left to pay back, but let&#x27;s start pessimistic.<p>- As a bonus, in that OS, all apps would be webkit&#x2F;js-based. But I&#x27;m dreaming.<p>It is totally possible to charge for open-source, even the GPL says it. You can&#x27;t prevent people from re-sharing the OS online, but you can offer upgrades to subscribed users only.<p>I wanted the Apple experience, but that&#x27;s not coming back. Look what Nest did: They&#x27;re selling a working thermostat for 3x the price. Tesla is selling electric cars for deluxe customers. I want to pay $200 per year, recurring, for a stable env with little novelty and many bugfixes, and I want to &quot;deluxe&quot;. I want to purchase the feeling of being superior with my OS.<p>And I say that as a peson who earns €32.000 gross per year (France).