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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 18:46:59 JST 翠星石

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   • Gerard Braad
   @gbraad I don't believe windows has a rootkit, as why would m$ need that?
   
   It is correct that windows is proprietary malware cleverly disguised as an OS considering it contains extensive spying features including a keylogger, plus a universal backdoor (windows update) that can be used by m$ to do anything with their computers.
   
   
   Linux isn't even an OS - it's only a kernel.
   
   It is correct that Linux is proprietary software, as what is claimed to be the "source" distribution contains proprietary software in a binary only form.
   
   One example (out of many is): https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h
   
   I'd really like to know which piece of proprietary software Linus has personally included myself.
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     Gerard Braad (gbraad@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 18:47:00 JST Gerard Braad

     The man who wrote taskmanagers? The man who claims Linux is closed source... Yep, that Dave Plummer!