Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Borax Man Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:11:30 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <1irOP.851750$d51.585824@fx46.iad> Injection-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:11:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="107c0e1eb3074cf4cdcb050899a40f11"; logging-data="43323"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18sSLmK28U6Ubo+c213UfkfikO3LJO84io=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5FC6LyTJr8cScldblPEBk17gQTo= Bytes: 4292 On 2025-04-29, RonB wrote: > On 2025-04-29, CrudeSausage wrote: >> On 2025-04-29 10:21, Borax Man wrote: >>> On 2025-04-29, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>> On 2025-04-29 02:15, RonB wrote: >>>>> On 2025-04-28, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>>>> On 2025-04-28 16:01, RonB wrote: >>>>>>> On 2025-04-28, rbowman wrote: >>>>>>>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:49:54 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'll admit that I didn't notice all of what installing Snaps did to my >>>>>>>>> machine, but I could definitely tell that it was a mess. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You don't want to run 'df -a'. I'm up to /dev/loop62 for snap stuff. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It took me a while to root all that snap crap out of my system, but I think >>>>>>> I've got it all cleared now. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> There is a script you can use to automatically rid your system of it. A >>>>>> quick search on your engine of choice will find it for you. Heck, it >>>>>> comes up at the top of the results in Brave Search. >>>>> >>>>> If I get more involved with Ubuntu I'll look it up. I was just happy to be >>>>> wrong about some of my Ubuntu and Wayland assumptions. Ubuntu is not going >>>>> to become my "go to" Linux distribution. It was more in the line of... "even >>>>> the Linux 'flavor' I don't particularly like is pretty good." (I'm still not >>>>> a fan of Gnome 3.) >>>> >>>> I wasn't a fan, but I was happy to use it because I'm a fan of Ubuntu's >>>> interface. However, I won't bother with it if the contributors are proud >>>> members of Antifa. >>>> >>> >>> They are? Thats a concern if true. >>> >>> I'm not sure why Antifa are not labelled as a terrorist organisation, >>> they fit the definition. >> >> A contributor proudly announced that Gnome is Antifa on blogs.gnome.org. > > So is Lunduke basing his Antifa/Ubuntu connection theory on this one > contributor? > > It should be mentioned that the word "ubuntu" had a "philosophical" (almost > religious) meaning before it was used as the name for a Linux distribution. > The fact that Canonical choose this name probably indicates their belief > bias, but I haven't seen any evidence of an official Ubuntu/Antifa > connection. > > If I'm wrong, point me to the link or documentation. > By their own logic, if you have one Nazi at your table, you are all Nazis. Using this standard, they are all Antifa, therefore supporting violence and intimidation for political purposes.