Post A2vbJVdKbeOOjkYlXM by snailerotica@chitter.xyz
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(DIR) Post #A2rHk6wzIFl7V4k5iK by NekoSock@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-01-03T11:04:50.224589Z
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WC
(DIR) Post #A2rHsGbBIyyLjyQoyW by kura@fedi.z0ne.moe
2021-01-03T11:06:56.525996Z
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@NekoSock we have 3 WCs in our house. and 6 PCsthough our WCs are run by water
(DIR) Post #A2rHxKWQ97jnM8cS9I by NekoSock@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-01-03T11:07:33.538833Z
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@kura " I only have windows on my walls, and WCs in my bathroom!"
(DIR) Post #A2rImHsdj9X7vqJIrQ by jeder@pl.jeder.pl
2021-01-03T11:06:32.901657Z
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@NekoSock fucking stallman and his projections
(DIR) Post #A2rImI7WpnRWg1HC4G by a1batross@expired.mentality.rip
2021-01-03T11:17:04.415209Z
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@jeder @NekoSock fucking Apple and their Mac is not a PC(Windows)
(DIR) Post #A2rJTldywViyh6BfJQ by jeder@pl.jeder.pl
2021-01-03T11:20:54.138155Z
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@a1batross @NekoSock it kinda isn’t, at least m68k, powerpc and arm ones
(DIR) Post #A2rJTm5zGO7s5xI1xo by a1batross@expired.mentality.rip
2021-01-03T11:24:55.205279Z
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@jeder @NekoSock technically it isn't IBM PC but apple fanbase misunderstood it.
(DIR) Post #A2rKNENZo4zlk5xch6 by holly@lotor.tech
2021-01-03T11:09:38.250560Z
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@NekoSock if it's running linux, though, it should be called GNU/PC, or GNU plus PC
(DIR) Post #A2rKNEcSuiuAUGvVtw by NekoSock@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-01-03T11:11:48.648438Z
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@holly No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ.One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?(An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.Next, even if we limit the GNU/Linux title to the GNU-based Linux distributions, we run into another obvious problem. XFree86 may well be more important to a particular Linux installation than the sum of all the GNU contributions. More properly, shouldn't the distribution be called XFree86/Linux? Or, at a minimum, XFree86/GNU/Linux? Of course, it would be rather arbitrary to draw the line there when many other fine contributions go unlisted. Yes, I know you've heard this one before. Get used to it. You'll keep hearing it until you can cleanly counter it.You seem to like the lines-of-code metric. There are many lines of GNU code in a typical Linux distribution. You seem to suggest that (more LOC) == (more important). However, I submit to you that raw LOC numbers do not directly correlate with importance. I would suggest that clock cycles spent on code is a better metric. For example, if my system spends 90% of its time executing XFree86 code, XFree86 is probably the single most important collection of code on my system. Even if I loaded ten times as many lines of useless bloatware on my system and I never excuted that bloatware, it certainly isn't more important code than XFree86. Obviously, this metric isn't perfect either, but LOC really, really sucks. Please refrain from using it ever again in supporting any argument.Last, I'd like to point out that we Linux and GNU users shouldn't be fighting among ourselves over naming other people's software. But what the heck, I'm in a bad mood now. I think I'm feeling sufficiently obnoxious to make the point that GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux GCC'? Seriously, where would your masterpiece be without Linux? Languishing with the HURD?If there is a moral buried in this rant, maybe it is this:Be grateful for your abilities and your incredible success and your considerable fame. Continue to use that success and fame for good, not evil. Also, be especially grateful for Linux' huge contribution to that success. You, RMS, the Free Software Foundation, and GNU software have reached their current high profiles largely on the back of Linux. You have changed the world. Now, go forth and don't be a nag.Thanks for listening.
(DIR) Post #A2rKNEvxkEV7Sk35I8 by cell@shitposter.club
2021-01-03T11:34:56.307406Z
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@NekoSock @holly "I use Linux as my operating system," I state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. He swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision. "Actually", he says with a grin, "Linux is just the kernel. You use GNU+Linux!' I don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "I use Alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. It's Linux, but it's not GNU+Linux."The smile quickly drops from the man's face. His body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth and drops to the floor with a sickly thud. As he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!" Coolly, I reply "If windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" I interrupt his response with "-and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. Even you were correct, you wont be for long."With a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. He lies on the floor, cold and limp. I've womansplained him to death.(allegedly this copypasta was created by @lynnesbian but since they block SPC, i guess we'll never find out eh?)
(DIR) Post #A2rMv1dnsDrXzPnDhw by r000t@ligma.pro
2021-01-03T12:03:25Z
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@NekoSock filled with about as much shit as a water closer imo
(DIR) Post #A2vbJVdKbeOOjkYlXM by snailerotica@chitter.xyz
2021-01-05T12:00:26Z
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@NekoSock @holly was this your own writing or another copypasta? either way it's convinced me
(DIR) Post #A2vbJVqRosstOQhEyu by NekoSock@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-01-05T13:03:36.077816Z
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@snailerotica @holly it is actually a common reply to the copypasta, here it is on the Gentoo wiki (where else!) https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Interjection
(DIR) Post #A2wKRiYcvzl14feD0y by Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net
2021-01-05T21:28:55.170670Z
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@snailerotica @NekoSock @holly It has a few variations. My favorite is by @toast: https://toast.cafe/notice/9qd5g0lRUuUiIHH0BE“I use Linux as my operating system,” I stated proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. He swiveled around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision. “Actually,” he said with a grin, “Linux is just the kernel. You use GNU+Linux!” I don’t miss a beat and reply with a smirk: “I use Abyss, a distro that doesn’t include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. It’s Linux, but not GNU+Linux.”The smile quickly drops from the man’s face. His body began convulsing, he foamed at the mouth, and he dropped to the floor with a sickly thud. As he writhed around he screamed, “I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT’S STILL GNU!” In a cool fashion, I replied “Abyss uses the LLVM compiler suite, GCC uninvolved.”With a sickly wheeze, the last of the man’s life was ejected from his body. He lied on the floor, cold and limp. I’ve womansplained him to death.
(DIR) Post #A2xe7vwzceGP3sqdyy by snailerotica@chitter.xyz
2021-01-06T12:42:43Z
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@Seirdy @NekoSock @holly @toast i fail to see the resemblance. besides, i was under the impression @BestGirlGrace was the author of that one?
(DIR) Post #A2xe7wASoZ2Tjf9Oym by toast@toast.cafe
2021-01-06T12:44:33.228874Z
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@snailerotica @Seirdy I'm pretty sure it was actually Lynne, I modified it to be completely GNU free by making it Abyss (I'm one of its 2 developers) propagandaalso I would prefer not to be tagged about this, I assure you that upwards of 1000 notifications about a post over a year old was very much enough for me
(DIR) Post #A3Aq8ltLhSA8BbeeqO by mrjunge@raru.re
2021-01-12T21:30:22Z
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