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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 07:31:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-02-07 12:47 p.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-02-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-06 11:40 p.m., MummyChunk wrote:
>>>>> CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>> https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-is-anti-free-speech
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like the man has come to a similar realization as I have. It truly
>>>>> is sad.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> CrudeSausage
>>>>> Gab: @CrudeSausage
>>>>> Telegram: @CrudeSausage
>>>>> Unapologetic paleoconservative
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Care to share why you have your opinion?
>>>>
>>>> This is a response to the post seen at:
>>>> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=683345664#683345664
>>>
>>> Well, GNOME and Mozilla are emphasizing on DIE practices rather than
>>> improving their product to a point that both are now looking like
>>> they're going to go bankrupt. Redhat and IBM have also both expressed a
>>> desire to prioritize employment for anyone who isn't white and
>>> heterosexual. Debian has moved in that direction as well and now the
>>> people behind Arch are stating that right-wing ideas are unwelcome among
>>> them. Elementary OS had already been pretty clear about their hatred of
>>> conservatives for years. It seems that meritocracies are of no interest
>>> in the development of Linux. Since that is becoming the case, I'll just
>>> use whatever works best.
>> 
>> You keep saying that, but Gnome is an Open Source Project (and so is
>> Firefox) so they're not going to go "bankrupt." As for "improving their
>> product" the fact that I can still use a real version of uBlock Origin on
>> Firefox makes it superior to Chrome and its derivatives now that they've
>> moved to Manifest 3 and a more "controlled" environment.
>> 
>> You've got to quit reading "lunduke" if you're searching for objectivity —
>> he obviously has an anti-Linux ax to grind.
>
> Actually, he's very much an advocate for Linux. Heck, he was on the 
> openSUSE board of directors for a while and even worked on the LibreM 
> from Purism. The guys is definitely not open-source, just anti-woke in 
> open-source.

Okay, but he seems to be in love with "the Linux sky is falling" whenever 
there's any kind of issue with Linux. Like that CUPS issue that was so 
"dangerous" — which turned out to be a huge yawn. And he played it out for 
weeks. Maybe he's just using this kind of stuff as click bait. It's not 
drawing me in.

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien