Redistributing some reaction images.

Open Source is not a sustainable model under capitalism anymore.

Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but the cracks are beginning to show.

Okay, what the hell!? I just downloaded it again, signed in and it immediately worked, no idea what went wrong the first time🤨

I’ll check it out!

I couldn’t get Fennec to sync with my Firefox account.

What this challenge has shown me is that attitude matters. When I switched to Linux in late 2020, the reason I switched was 1) Windows was pissing me off 2) Linux excited me in a way I cannot really explain. To this day, Linux makes using my computer fun. When I run into a problem on Windows my reaction is “Oh god, not again, how can a billion dollar company fuck up so badly?” whereas when I run into the occasional problem on Linux my interest is immediately peaked, because it teaches me more about the system and there’s guaranteed to be a permanent solution for it online at least in my experience. So, yeah, Linux is definitely not for everyone. If you want to get away from Microsoft for privacy or ideological reasons, it’s great. But right now, I don’t think that’s a priority for most people and asking them to abandon Windows which works for them, in favour of something they don’t understand and need to realearn is a little ridiculous.

I think the solution would not be to end fragmentation and standardize everything but rather to have one “silver bullet” distribution for those who don’t like to tinker and don’t care too much about what’s going on under the hood while the rest continues to use their preferred distro and tools. I guess Ubuntu is trying to be that, maybe SteamOS 3.0 can be that for gamers but I’m not holding my breath. At that point, I do have to wonder what people hope to get from Linux. If they want something that “just works” Windows or a console will always be better - I’m not saying that because I hate seeing the Linux community grow, I just don’t see Linux ever getting on the same level as Windows for gaming specifically.

I’m far from an elitist, heck I’m very much a Linux amateur, but the reason I love Linux is because I love learning, it makes using my computer fun in a way that Windows just doesn’t for me and so I’m willing to put up with the downsides. If you’re coming at it with the mindset that “I just wanna play games” and aren’t willing to work through some bullshit, as sad as it is to say, I just don’t think Linux will ever get there.

Thanks!

I’m actually not sure, nor can I see what encryption they use on the website. Maybe someone smarter than me can check out the code

What’s the best alternative? Jami seems good and I generally trust the FSF and I found Revolt which seems to basically aim to recreate all Discord features and is currently in public beta.

https://github.com/revoltchat

I’m currently on EndeavourOS and absolutely loving it, happy I switched from Manjaro. I want to try out Gentoo and Void in the future.

Such a dumb criticism of the foundation. Their stated goal is to “standardize Linux and support open source development”. So yeah, they support open source projects aside from Linux, who would’ve thunk it? And the Linux kernel doesn’t seem to suffer from a lack of funding.

Baffling that the suggestion that maybe minorities being harassed/made to feel unsafe in the workplace might influence their performance and therefore the quality of open source software is so controversial.

Let me guess, you’re a white dude. We have the luxury of being able to ignore “politics”. For other people their existence is a political question and affects every aspect of their life. Maybe we should do something about that. But what do I know I’m just a snowflake who is offended by everything, right?

Great article. Intellectual property perfectly demonstrates the absurdity of capitalism. That kindergarten that got sued for painting Disney characters on their walls should be enough to turn anyone against copyright/IP.

If this is true, I don’t get what’s so bad about it. Like, oh no, the Linux Foundation supports a lot of open source projects alongside the Linux kernel, how dare they!?