Posts by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
(DIR) Post #9z3AObNhn6CvJUcgqm by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
2020-09-11T12:29:15Z
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Welcome to Librebuddys!Starting from nothing but what technology already has for us, we will build our way up to control our computers, and a huge part of our lives, very methodically.Everyone is welcome, no matter what you already know :)I will try to keep my posts easy to read and straightforward, but if you have questions, never hesitate to ask me.Stay safe everyone!#introduction
(DIR) Post #9zVFzDhsXafpzbAJGq by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
2020-09-25T01:37:53Z
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In 1983, Richard Stallman (rms) founded GNU, an operating system that would be put together by a community for computer users freedom. rms remains Chief GNUisance today.The name of the system, "GNU" is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix!" It is pronounced as "guh-noo".The primary and continuing goal of GNU is to offer a Unix-compatible system that would be 100%, only 100%, free software. We will learn a lot about free software later. That was a brief summary of the GNU OS.
(DIR) Post #9zVFzDtvomJaaynw3c by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
2020-09-25T01:50:11Z
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That was a brief and basic summary of the GNU operating system. Yes, and only the GNU operating system, nothing else yet.Don't worry if you are confused for any reason as you will get everything after some time. Much more explanation will be done when we actually start using the GNU operating system.If want to learn more about the GNU Operating System, go here: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html
(DIR) Post #9zZnHR37pbL9nto4lE by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
2020-09-26T21:30:37Z
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The Free Software Movement is a social movement in which the idea is that computer users deserve the freedom to form a community. You should have the freedom to help yourself, and the freedom to help your neighbors.The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman (rms) in 1985 to support the Free Software Movement. rms had also launched the GNU operating system in 1983!That was just a brief description. You will learn about free software next.
(DIR) Post #9zseNKG9kuVxOxDMTQ by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
2020-10-06T01:27:48Z
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How can you quickly tell whether an application is free software or nonfree?Well, one way is to check what the software is licensed under!Roughly, a license can tell what users can and can't do.The recommended free licenses are the GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPLv3) or the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 because they are copyleft licenses. We will get into copyleft later.The list of free licenses are here: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Get one with a green line!
(DIR) Post #A04S7bW5eRT4y31Zsu by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
2020-10-11T21:22:58Z
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In the early 90s, the GNU Project had put together the whole system, except for the kernel.The GNU Project had started a kernel, GNU Hurd, but developing it was harder than expected.Thankfully, they didn't need to wait for the Hurd, because a kernel named Linux was freed in 1992, which fit into the last major gap in the GNU system. However, making them work together was not a trivial job.Together, the system is named GNU/Linux.Today, there are many different variants of GNU/Linux.
(DIR) Post #A05mg2H0rw462Vcz8S by librebuddys@social.linux.pizza
2020-10-12T01:44:03Z
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The different variants of GNU/Linux are often called distros. Most contain nonfree programs because the developers follow the "open source" philosophy. We will get into that soon. However, there are completely free GNU/Linux distros. We will get into that later.Usual versions of Linux also includes nonfree programs, Linux is a kernel, which is a very essential part of the system. The whole system is basically the GNU system, with Linux added.Please call the system "GNU/Linux".