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   Matthew Garrett (mjg59@nondeterministic.computer)'s status on Thursday, 11-Dec-2025 21:32:17 JST Matthew Garrett

   Some half formed thought about how insistence on the GNU/Linux thing isn't just about giving recognition to GNU, it's about the belief that GNU is somehow the only proper path to understanding free software

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 11-Dec-2025 21:32:15 JST 翠星石

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     @mjg59 GNU is the only path to free software - as every single other OS project becomes proprietary software every single time.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 11-Dec-2025 21:33:21 JST 翠星石

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     • SpaceLifeForm
     @mjg59 @SpaceLifeForm GNU tools are only a few GNU packages.
     
     There are inferior implementations to some GNU tools, but I really wouldn't call them functional - those are just garbage and don't even have GNU/Freedom.
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     Matthew Garrett (mjg59@nondeterministic.computer)'s status on Thursday, 11-Dec-2025 21:33:23 JST Matthew Garrett

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     • SpaceLifeForm

     @SpaceLifeForm why? There's a completely functional set of non-gnu tools

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     SpaceLifeForm (spacelifeform@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 11-Dec-2025 21:33:24 JST SpaceLifeForm

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     @mjg59

     You will need some GNU userland tools and understand them, even if you want cross-compile a different toolchain.

     And, then build your userland from source with your new toolchain. Most people will not try this.