GNU::Free Distributions Increase Agency, Actually
artemis.shMy good friend Xe wrote a post complaining about fully GNU::Free distributions, and I disagree with some things xe says in it. Xe challenged me to a 1v1 fite irl fox only final destination no items but xe can’t meet up with me in person and nintendo’s netcode is garbage, so I’m writing a response blog post instead. I think that the existence of fully GNU::Free distributions is important for increasing people’s agency in the broader sense. On the other hand, I agree with Xe that some of the communities around these projects have problems.
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Title’s confusing. GNU-Free can be understood as “distros free of GNU”. Author actually meant “GNU-powered Free distros”.
That tripped me up lol. I went into it planning to read all the points and tear it apart.
If you still have that energy, you could read the post this one responds to ;)
Stopped reading after that brilliant take