Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 29 2022 21:58:49

 Ar>  > Perhaps.  From people I know, and from people I've spoken to at Linux u
 Ar>  > grous and free software groups, and anyone else I know who's meddled, i
 Ar>  > more the OS itself, rather than available applications which is why the
 Ar>  > switched.  Stability, freedom, low cost.  The apps they use didn't come
 Ar>  > with the exception of "LAMP", but you can run a webserver on Windows.  
 Ar>  > works different on Linux.
 Ar> 
 Ar> In the FOSS world there is a big cultural difference in that end users
 Ar> are fine reporting bugs and trying to bring features in if they are not
 Ar> available.
 Ar> 
 Ar> This morning, OpenBSD did not support Nitrokeys. An hour ago it got
 Ar> experimental support because a bearded guy who smells like a horse
 Ar> decided to port its reference libraries over.
 Ar> 
 Ar> I do know people who switched to Linux because of certain applications,
 Ar> though.
 Ar> 
 Ar> 
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That could be because people feel that the projects are accessible, and that the developers are wanting to hear ideas and will actually read and take seriously feedback and reports.  Probably because they are smaller
..

With millions of Windows users, your bug report would get get aggregated, and same with your feedback.

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