thank you to the community for the parts of linux that don\u2019t suck <\/p>
fuck you to linus and a short list of corporations for the rest <\/p>
I would legitimately not give a shit about linux and neither would anyone else, except that it\u2019s a social collective of labor donated under an understanding that linus has violated<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929808605511302","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:objectType=thread:nonce=48869a8375b2b24b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12901439","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12901437"}},"published":"2026-07-16T13:25:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"dalias repeated a notice by zzt","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/116929875419396480\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-original-tmp20240717230905.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-48-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-24-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"143682"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","note":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)"}},"content":"
thank you to the community for the parts of linux that don\u2019t suck <\/p>
fuck you to linus and a short list of corporations for the rest <\/p>
I would legitimately not give a shit about linux and neither would anyone else, except that it\u2019s a social collective of labor donated under an understanding that linus has violated<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929808605511302","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929808605511302","objectType":"note","content":"
thank you to the community for the parts of linux that don\u2019t suck <\/p>
fuck you to linus and a short list of corporations for the rest <\/p>
I would legitimately not give a shit about linux and neither would anyone else, except that it\u2019s a social collective of labor donated under an understanding that linus has violated<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929808605511302","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929789380091718","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929789380091718"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:objectType=thread:nonce=48869a8375b2b24b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12901437","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-16T13:25:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929808605511302"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-original-tmp20240717230905.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-48-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-24-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"143682"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","note":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)"}},"content":"
\u201coh no, you\u2019ll miss out on all the Linux-only APIs red hat cooked up\u201d yes please<\/p>
you have no idea how massive some of the hacks behind your allegedly working desktop are til you try and build anything on red hat\u2019s crap<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929789380091718","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929789380091718","objectType":"note","content":"
\u201coh no, you\u2019ll miss out on all the Linux-only APIs red hat cooked up\u201d yes please<\/p>
you have no idea how massive some of the hacks behind your allegedly working desktop are til you try and build anything on red hat\u2019s crap<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929789380091718","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929763380438720","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929763380438720"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:objectType=thread:nonce=48869a8375b2b24b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12901436","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-16T13:25:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929789380091718"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-original-tmp20240717230905.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-48-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-24-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"143682"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","note":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)"}},"content":"
linux \u201cisn\u2019t a social warrior project\u201d and should only be evaluated on its technical merits? ok!<\/p>
it\u2019s a mediocre unix-like and the only reason why I use it is because of binary compatibility and drivers, things that linus didn\u2019t contribute to the kernel in any way that matters for modern programs or hardware<\/p>
if not for compatibility and drivers, I\u2019d be on a BSD<\/p>
since it\u2019s not a \u201csocial warrior project\u201d and the use of LLMs is going to make its codebase fucking unsustainable, I now struggle to technically differentiate the Linux kernel from the windows kernel in any way that matters<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929763380438720","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929763380438720","objectType":"note","content":"
linux \u201cisn\u2019t a social warrior project\u201d and should only be evaluated on its technical merits? ok!<\/p>
it\u2019s a mediocre unix-like and the only reason why I use it is because of binary compatibility and drivers, things that linus didn\u2019t contribute to the kernel in any way that matters for modern programs or hardware<\/p>
if not for compatibility and drivers, I\u2019d be on a BSD<\/p>
since it\u2019s not a \u201csocial warrior project\u201d and the use of LLMs is going to make its codebase fucking unsustainable, I now struggle to technically differentiate the Linux kernel from the windows kernel in any way that matters<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929763380438720","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:objectType=thread:nonce=48869a8375b2b24b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12901435","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-16T13:25:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929763380438720"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-original-tmp20240717230905.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-48-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-24-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"143682"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/143682-96-20240718044929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"zzt","displayName":"[object Object]","note":"infrastructure admin for awful.systems, where the jank is a feature (tm)"}},"content":"
\u201cjust fork it if you\u2019re not happy\u201d said the guy who runs the social structure that makes an effective fork impossible to the people who did the social and technical labor that made him comfortably wealthy and extremely powerful <\/p>
\u201cjust fork it if you\u2019re not happy\u201d said the head of the open source project that sucked the air out of all the alternatives, as large projects always do in open source spaces<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929828422069774","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929828422069774","objectType":"note","content":"
\u201cjust fork it if you\u2019re not happy\u201d said the guy who runs the social structure that makes an effective fork impossible to the people who did the social and technical labor that made him comfortably wealthy and extremely powerful <\/p>
\u201cjust fork it if you\u2019re not happy\u201d said the head of the open source project that sucked the air out of all the alternatives, as large projects always do in open source spaces<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929828422069774","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/zzt\/statuses\/116929808605511302","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929808605511302"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:objectType=thread:nonce=48869a8375b2b24b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12901438","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-16T13:25:06+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@zzt\/116929828422069774"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6554030","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}