Are you using any non-Free™ software right now?
If yes is it because of lazyness, ignorance or do you simply not give a f*ck about being at the complete mercy of pure evil (Google, Facebook, Mossad, etc.).
Are you using any non-Free™ software right now?
Brody Torres
Joshua Sanders
didn't we all get windows 10 for free?
Brandon Sanchez
Install Gentoo
Eli Gutierrez
Stallman is a filthy commie.
Brody Jenkins
Free as in freedom not free as in beer. Stall man is a commie though.
Jason Anderson
>win10
>free
Jace Barnes
I stayed on windows 7 because I like it better. Also Microsoft still gives me updates so I'm fine :^)
Hudson Cruz
Slavic magic of piracy
Oliver Ramirez
Dude windows 10 it literally malware.
Carson Garcia
that's a bit of an exaggeration
yeah anyone with win7 could get it
win7 was goat, but software support was limited
Carson Long
unlikely, anarchoid maybe
Jason Bennett
>yeah anyone with win7 could get it
You paid with your privacy for it. Besides, when RMS says "Free" he doesn't simply mean that you don't pay for it. Read this:
en.wikipedia.org
Jonathan Young
Jaxon Robinson
yeah but there is no right or wrong answer to this debate, there exists a gray area where propitiatory software and hardware co exist with open source software. Developers are aware of this need for flexibility and reuse of their software, so many applications have SDK APIs to facilitate these needs
Anthony Gray
There is no reason not to use Linux on a laptop at this point. If you need windows software use a VM, gaming is for desktops. Unless you want to use a macbook of course, but I don't do anal so that's out.
Nathan Kelly
>that's a bit of an exaggeration
They're not even hiding anymore.
privacy.microsoft.com
Ryan Harris
He doesn't know shit about politics, he even supported the moderated beheaders in Aleppo just to give you an example, but when it comes to software and privacy he's probably the most informed.
>there is no right or wrong answer to this debate
When you use a "free" proprietary software, you're paying in a way or another, be it data mining or ads. Open source software comes with ads too sometimes but the difference is that you can always find (or make) a version that doesn't have ads, it's simply how open source works.
It's not just about privacy but also security, most of the proprietary security software, like bitlocker or any other component of the windows operating system, have exploits that can make your files vulnerable for years and you'll never know because the microsoft's programmers never realized where the exploit was, till some white hat underage script kiddie released a a blog article about it 5 years later. Of course, during those 5 years black hats have raped and exploited the fallacy to their heart content.
Security by obscurity is dangerous and obsolete. With open source software, anyone can analyze the code and report the exploits to the developers, naturaly it's possible that some sfotware don't have an userbase large enough to generate an interest in the code of the software itself, so some exploits can remain open for some time, just like what happened with heartbleed, but these cases are very rare.
Cameron Wright
>the fallacy
I meant the flaw* my bad.
Anthony Nelson
He's more like a mutualist desu
Logan Kelly
I like this distro, but had to uninstall for muh games
Jayden Butler
I'm so happy i saw how IT became so important.
Just wondering when these guys will win the Nobel prize, imagine how important GNU/Linux has become.
Linus and co-inventor Richard will be remembered for centuries.
Carson Jones
>Mozilla Public License
Ryan Howard
Proprietary for games, open-source for work and everything else (running elementary).
Jackson Watson
Use PCIE passthrough with windows in a VM.
Nathaniel Turner
>elementary
>he fell for the meme os
liliputing.com
Bentley Watson
>develop libre software
>make it impossible to include your software unless the project meets strict guidelines for being libre
>surprised when no one uses your software
CC0>BSD=MIT=Apache>>>>>GNU
Ryan Collins
>CC0
What's special about it? wouldn't CC BY-SA be better?
creativecommons.org
Jason Davis
CC0 is use with no restrictions. Effectively no copyright, but everything in the US is copyrighted by law.
Kayden Fisher
>If yes is it because of lazyness, ignorance or do you simply not give a f*ck about being at the complete mercy of pure evil (Google, Facebook, Mossad, etc.).
All 3 are true.