Post ANGNsi0JmPRcb45imu by sudo@social.librem.one
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 (DIR) Post #ANGNsi0JmPRcb45imu by sudo@social.librem.one
       2022-09-05T18:52:00Z
       
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       For those #Linux users out there, what's your reason for using it?
       
 (DIR) Post #ANGNsiPUGpZrr7rp1E by redstarfish@social.linux.pizza
       2022-09-05T19:04:02Z
       
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       @sudo I don't think of it as *I'm* using Linux but as my GNU system uses it to communicate with the hardware.I use GNU, because I love free software. And it's the only free sw OS specifically being developed for this purpose.
       
 (DIR) Post #ANGPFBi07T7X35o3SC by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2022-09-05T19:19:18.549022Z
       
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       @sudo Because, contrary to what the GNOME folks would have you believe, Linux actually is about customization.
       
 (DIR) Post #ANGPK3OcS93miR3qAi by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2022-09-05T19:20:13.131972Z
       
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       @sudo I don't mean this as a love of tinkering, I mean that Linux, at least for my purposes, has the best accessibility and UX hands down over any system.I don't have the clonking dead fist of Steve Jobs going "NO! NO! You aren't allowed to change the font size! What about my graphic design?!?!"
       
 (DIR) Post #ANGVZ4rfsGi7L6CMIi by lxo@gnusocial.net
       2022-09-05T20:28:50Z
       
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       *nod*.  of course, none of that UX is "Linux" proper, as the kernel hardly even knows of anything GUIsh, it all runs on top of GNU, and would be pretty much the same regardless of the kernel running underneath, whereas changing the operating system to e.g. Android, even without changing the kernel underneath, gets you very different customization possibilities.that said, the kernel Linux is also incredibly customizable, but it didn't look like you were getting at that
       
 (DIR) Post #ANHC4jMxWd680vbj3g by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2022-09-06T04:26:30.214296Z
       
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       @sudo Linux isn't even "open source" - it contains plenty of proprietary malware as well as a bunch of drivers that only work with proprietary malware in the form of firmware.You want GNU Linux-libre if you want a free version of Linux: https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/
       
 (DIR) Post #ANJRtRJ6IvzYC5OIJE by sudo@social.librem.one
       2022-09-06T09:50:22Z
       
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       @Suiseiseki It's relatively more open source than what most people use while still being easily accessible.https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/support-the-freedom-ladder-campaign-lessons-we-learned-so-far-and-whats-next
       
 (DIR) Post #ANJRtRicm2PNTFKg5o by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2022-09-07T06:33:08.714380Z
       
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       @sudo I have no idea what "It's relatively more open source than what most people use" is meant to mean.If you go by the OSI's definition, Linux isn't "open source", as it doesn't meet requirement 2, which is:"The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. Where some form of a product is not distributed with source code, there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably downloading via the Internet without charge. The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program. Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed. Intermediate forms such as the output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed."Installing a proprietary version of Linux with GNU is a step up from windows or macos, but from what I have seen, people who do that typically don't proceed to take more steps up the ladder.