Subj : What's Your Go-to OS for
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Accession
Date : Mon Feb 17 2025 14:43:04

Hey poindexter!

On Mon, Feb 17 2025 18:03:28 -0600, you wrote:

 > I think it's mostly focused on free drivers - although for the
 > longest time, Ubuntu has had the option of only loading free drivers
 > and no proprietary blobs.

I just remember it taking forever for 'free' drivers to even come close to proprietary drivers, and I'd guess they're probably still quite a ways off. I don't use Linux for gaming, though.. so it doesn't matter much to me.

 > It always felt a bit performative to me, but maybe that's just my
 > imagination. RMS was always touting it as the Free Linux.

I could swear Debian went completely open source/free like almost a decade ago or more. Either you had to enable some sort of 'non-free' repository or go out and get the stuff yourself. I'm guessing Ubuntu followed suit very soon after, if not immediately.

Regards,
Nick

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