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   Marcus Hutchins :verified: (malwaretech@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 21-Nov-2025 03:09:56 JST Marcus Hutchins :verified:

   It always makes me chuckle how occasionally you'll run into beginners who say stuff like "real hackers use Linux". Real hackers aren't constrained by operating system choice. In fact, half the fun is running into that weird edge case where you end up having to code your own OS for some hyper-specific task.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Nov-2025 03:09:56 JST 翠星石

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     @malwaretech Real hackers know that Linux is only a kernel and is proprietary software.
     
     Real hackers use GNU.
     GNU Too likes this.
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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 21-Nov-2025 07:49:44 JST GNU Too

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     • 翠星石
     @Suiseiseki GNU is the system and Linux-Libre is one of its kernels.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 21:08:49 JST 翠星石

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     @kakafarm @malwaretech I run GNU/GNU Linux-libre
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     kakafarm (kakafarm@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 21:08:50 JST kakafarm

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     • 翠星石
     @Suiseiseki @malwaretech Are you?