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   Il D~uWu~ce (ilduwuce@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 11:34:07 JST Il D~uWu~ce

   • Free Software Foundation
   • H. Faust
   S-sir please I just want to try Linux I don't know what FOSS means and what is Gentoo even sir this is my property my children are scared
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 11:34:07 JST 翠星石

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     • Free Software Foundation
     • H. Faust
     @IlDuWuce @fsf @hfaust - Linux is a proprietary kernel, which you don't want to try - you want to run a free version of Linux - GNU Linux-libre combined with the rest of GNU to make GNU/Linux-libre; https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html
     - "FOSS" is an acronym that tries to be neutral between the freedom of free software and the nonfreedom of corporate bootlicking of "open source"; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html
     - Gentoo is a nonfree distro that recommends a lot of proprietary software (https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Gentoo), but ironically is possible to use in freedom, as they don't ship Linux by default (you can install GNU Linux-libre instead) and you can set ACCEPT_LICENSE to exclude proprietary software (note that a few proprietary licenses are included in the "@FREE" set any many proprietary ebuilds have the wrong LICENSE).