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   Debian (debian@framapiaf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 22:13:25 JST Debian

   The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe. You are very much invited to follow us on https://bits.debian.org , on https://micronews.debian.org/ , or any media as listed on https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN #debian

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     Paulo Trindade (jpaulostrindade@masto.pt)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 22:13:24 JST Paulo Trindade

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     @debian ❤️ Debian

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 23:38:48 JST 翠星石

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     • tyil
     • Joost van Baal-Ilić
     @tyil @joostvb Unfortunately Debian is no longer a free operating system.
     
     Debian became nonfree and now only offers nonfree installation images that installs proprietary software without asking the user.
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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 23:38:51 JST tyil

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     • Joost van Baal-Ilić

     @joostvb@mastodon.green I get that, but as a free operating system, Twitter has never aligned with Debian values from my perspective. It's not like Twitter only recently became a proprietary platform with a severely negative impact on society, it has been this way since its inception.

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     Joost van Baal-Ilić (joostvb@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 23:38:52 JST Joost van Baal-Ilić

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     • tyil

     @tyil debian only decides after quite a lot of deliberation and contemplation. therefore we're generally not very quick. :)

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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 23:38:54 JST tyil

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     @debian@framapiaf.org Better late than never! (Though I will say it is very late, making most of the "reasonings" sound very shallow.)

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 23:40:34 JST 翠星石

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     @debian Very nice you finally did something that should have been done.
     
     Why don't you continue the freedom streak by ceasing to attack the users with proprietary software and make Debian free software again?
     
     But you won't.
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     Augusto Campos (augustocc@social.br-linux.org)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 04:12:41 JST Augusto Campos

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     • aliceigl

     @aliceigl exatamente! alinhadíssimos!

     inclusive uso :)

     tu usa fedora, não é isso?

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     aliceigl (aliceigl@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 04:12:42 JST aliceigl

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     • Augusto Campos

     @debian @augustocc seguindo o exemplo do br-linux

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     Augusto Campos (augustocc@social.br-linux.org)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 04:17:31 JST Augusto Campos

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     • aliceigl

     @aliceigl ahaha ontem eu comentei com a Fabi como é impressionante como eu e tu somos alinhados

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     aliceigl (aliceigl@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 04:17:32 JST aliceigl

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     • Augusto Campos

     @augustocc troquei do fedora pro debian mesmo! resolveu todas as minhas dores de cabeça ;)

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:41:05 JST 翠星石

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     • 𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙
     • Yomiel
     @yomiel @debian @sally The *only* installer has nonfree ***software*** in it now, making it proprietary software. If it doesn't have any kind of firmness, calling it anything but software is totally incorrect.
     
     There's a boot flag you can set to make it not automatically install proprietary software, but the installer is still proprietary software.
     
     
     If you can come up with a legitimate explanation as how peripheral software that is loaded onto RAM has any firmness to it, I'd love to read it.
     
     Firmware is socketed ROM or PROM chips for computer BIOS's, but that isn't really a thing anymore (you cannot reprogram it, although you can replace the chip).
     
     The reason why such naming is now applied to software is to CONFUSE the reader and prevent them from even REALIZING that what they are installing is software and it's so effective that people spread such confusion without realizing it.
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     Yomiel (yomiel@new.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:41:06 JST Yomiel

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     • 𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙
     @sally @debian
     Probably rolling in his grave now that the default installer has non-free firmware in it
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     𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙 (sally@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:41:07 JST 𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙

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     @debian
     
     I don't give a rat's ass about your PR bullshit. You bunch should respect Ian's legacy.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:43:27 JST 翠星石

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     • Shakil Akhtar 🇸🇦 🇵🇸
     @shakil_tcs @debian Unfortunately, Debian is not a free software project anymore, as the only installers they offer for the latest release contains proprietary software and installs proprietary software without asking the user.
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     Shakil Akhtar 🇸🇦 🇵🇸 (shakil_tcs@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:43:28 JST Shakil Akhtar 🇸🇦 🇵🇸

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     @debian Really? You had no problems with having debconf hosted in the Zionist state. You even refer to that illegal entity by the name "Israel". Does the Debian project have the same values as the Zionist state?
     I understand a free software project not wanting to be on a proprietary platform, but this is ridiculous.

     #debian #freesoftware #freedom #zionism #Zionist #palestine #free_palestine #foss #opensource #tech #technology #politics

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     Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 18:49:02 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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     @debian can you please be officially on Bluesky too, thanks :)

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     Axel Werner (axel1973@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 20:32:06 JST Axel Werner

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     • Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

     @gamingonlinux @debian as a #Linux user yourself, never ever recommend anything proprietary again!!! 😡

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     Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 21:29:59 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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     • aritrasaha

     @quantum @debian it has the people i actually want to follow, and far more users

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     aritrasaha (quantum@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 21:30:00 JST aritrasaha

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     • Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

     @gamingonlinux @debian whats good about bluesky that mastodon does not offer.?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 18:00:52 JST 翠星石

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     • Shakil Akhtar 🇸🇦 🇵🇸
     @shakil_tcs @debian >with regular software or only non-free firmware
     There is no difference between proprietary peripheral software and "regular" proprietary software, as both are software and both take the users freedom just as hard.
     
     The whole idea of calling such software "firmware" is to *confuse* the user into thinking it's something other than software and unfortunately such scheme is very successful.
     
     >they simply allow the non-free firmware to be the default iso.
     They have made the explicit choice to include many proprietary programs in the installer that take the users freedom, meaning the installer is proprietary software and if that wasn't bad enough, they don't offer a free installer *at all*, rather than nonfree "just being the default".
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     Shakil Akhtar 🇸🇦 🇵🇸 (shakil_tcs@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 18:00:53 JST Shakil Akhtar 🇸🇦 🇵🇸

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     • 翠星石

     @Suiseiseki @debian is it the case with regular software or only non-free firmware? My impression is that, they simply allow the non-free firmware to be the default iso.