Post AXb8irmB88UPTNMRHM by yojimbo@hackers.town
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 (DIR) Post #AXb8irmB88UPTNMRHM by yojimbo@hackers.town
       2023-07-11T21:51:59Z
       
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       @mike Ubuntu had the same issue when downstream distros started forming (IIRC edubuntu was one of the early ones) and eventually they moved all their branding into basically a single package, to make it easier to remove/exclude.But it wasn't a consideration at the beginning. It feels more like an accidental consequence of "becoming a company and having copyright branding" that must be protected because ... well, that's what you have to do, innit? - and there being no licensing models available to provide freedoms with.These days I guess a distro could look at CC licenses for branding materials ...
       
 (DIR) Post #AXb8it9c0UpPkLKfRY by smallsees@social.dropbear.xyz
       2023-07-11T22:03:01Z
       
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       @yojimbo @mike The problem with branding is they have to enforce it otherwise it becomes useless. You can't half-enforce it.Ubuntu also can't do exactly what RH did because they don't control all the distros (e.g. Debian is their upstream).
       
 (DIR) Post #AXb9wHQv9HsmlXNUKu by yojimbo@hackers.town
       2023-07-11T22:14:23Z
       
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       @mike @smallsees "everything is Snaps" seems to be an awful way to run an OS; mind you, I'd also say that about systemd-creep.I do like an "everything just works" experience; but whereas in Windows and MacOS I'm unable to get into the system underneath and affect it, in my Linux/unix world that's exactly what I do want.I think I need to spend a few years with OpenBSD :-)
       
 (DIR) Post #AXb9wI7Sb7uUtTHSds by smallsees@social.dropbear.xyz
       2023-07-11T22:17:22Z
       
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       @yojimbo @mike I agree it sounds awful, good luck to them.