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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: X is Alive!
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:01:54 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote at 23:06 this Monday (GMT):
> Joel wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>On 3/11/2024 2:16 PM, shitv wrote:
>>>
>>>> -- "In practice, though, Linux users are just as controlled by the 
>>>> distro makers and FOSS app developers as commercial users are by 
>>>> Microsoft and closed-source app developers." - DumFSck, lying shamelessly
>>>
>>>No doubt about that whatsoever.
>>>
>>>For instance, you've not once hacked the source to make any significant 
>>>feature or GUI changes to your Linux apps or desktops.
>>>
>>>In theory, you could tinker with the code and screens to your heart's 
>>>content (since you have the source).
>>>
>>>In practice, you don't have the skill.  Very very very few do.
>>>
>>>Got it, bozo?
>
> Say Boze, you don't seem to realize that skilled people make those changes
> *on* *behalf* of the users. And they are not inhibited by commercial
> considerations, but by what works weil, improves the code, and satisfies their
> wants and almost always the wants of their "customers".

And, the devs are also an average user not bound to needing to make
money off of it.

>> I don't care about commercial vs. FOSS when it comes to the
>> philosophy, like would I run X, Y and Z, I'll run anything I want to
>> run.  But there is something great about open source that you're
>> missing by making such a direct comparison to Winblows software, which
>> is that you have more choice in how it's specifically implemented for
>> you.  Your Linux distro or any number of people can make it that way.
>> I'm pretty satisfied with Mint, I'm easy to please, but someone who
>> wants customization could really do things that are less accessible
>> with Winblows.
>
> Or ask a developer to do it for them.
>
> Perfect? No. Even OSS developers can be assholes.

or they could be ubuntu
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