Yeah that’s right. For a whopping one time purchase of 250$, you get a lifetime license for a @linux.com domain as an email alias/forwarding only. You cannot send emails from this. You can contact support to check if the alias you want is available too.
Imagine this on your CV. It is the ultimate flex.
Lol at that price tag. A .com domain is ~10$ a year and mail routing is free with many providers. So if I’d see that on a CV I would have a laugh and know the candidate has weird priorities for their money.
Well it’s more of a perk for a donation the way I see it,
But hey, it also breaks even after 25 years…!
I think I’ve had one my current email addresses for about 20 years
I mean, if I were paying for my airbreather.dev domain for as long as I’ve had my linux.com email, I’d have paid more, sure… but “@ linux.com” looks so much more like the vibe I want to show to potential employers, so I go with that, and it’s a comparatively tiny cost even at today’s prices.
Depends how you view priorities. $10/y or one time $250. I’ve owned several domains for longer than 25 years. $250 is a pretty sweet deal.