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   Dana Fried (tess@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 00:39:44 JST Dana Fried

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   • Simon Brooke

   @simon_brooke actually I wanna highlight this!

   The value of Linux is that it's free, solid, and infinitely remixable. It's a critical piece of infrastructure that also follows a particular philosophy of FOSS.

   It is a mistake to conflate the business or moral/ethical value of the software with the usability of the software. The needs of backend and embedded system/mobile developers/FOSS advocates are not the same as the needs of the average end user.

   I can value Linux and also hate using it.

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     Dana Fried (tess@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 00:39:45 JST Dana Fried

     • Simon Brooke

     @simon_brooke you're not gonna gotcha me on this. I know full well that Android runs on a linux kernel. So does my car stereo.

     But you also 100% know that's not what I mean when I say "Mastodon is the Linux of social networks".

     If Mastodon was the Android of social networks, it'd fuckin' slap and everyone could use it.

     Actually, that would be a great goal - go from being the Linux of social networks to the Android of social networks! Maye Gerard will read this and be inspired 😛

     Xenotar repeated this.