Notices tagged with gnu

Just had a tech support call with client, a long-time Apple fan/user. He asked why I'd jumped ship. I was happy to explain. But it left me wondering, how folk that think of themselves as progressive or remotely leftish justify to themselves staying with #Microsoft, #Google, #Apple, etc.

Have you TRIED any #FreeSoftware or made an effort to explore a phased transition out of the trap you're in? Do you even recognize it as a trap? When was the last time you took a real look at #GNU #Linux

The FSF SysOps team, which consists of two full-time tech team employees and a handful of dedicated volunteers, runs the software and physical servers that host websites and other services for #GNU, FSF, and other #FreeSoftware projects. It needs your support: https://u.fsf.org/47x #JoinFSF

The June #GNU Spotlight by Amin Bandali is now available! Read it here: https://u.fsf.org/47t #FSF #GNUNet #Nettle

👀 I'm looking for fellow Missourians who are interested in working together to advocate for free/libre software in Missouri communities.

#FSF #LibrePlanet #FreeSoftware #GnuLinux #Missouri #GNU #Linux

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Missouri

@PurpleJillybeans #GNU #Emacs.

This Wikipedia image will live in my head absolutely rent free after finding it this morning. 😂
#linux #gnu #foss

The #GNU Press Shop has #FreeSoftware gear for everyone! Check it out before July 28: https://u.fsf.org/47j

In our very first associate member spotlight, we're sharing #GNU #Taler developer Iván Ávalos's story: https://u.fsf.org/47l #FSF #JoinFSF

Want to see your name on the #GNU #CopyrightAssignment list? Contribute to #GNU and assign your copyright to the #FSF today: u.fsf.org/xe

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I woke up to a comment so smug, so perfectly soaked in gatekeeping and faux-righteous posturing, it earned its own blog post.
You want freedom? You want GNU/Linux to mean something?
Then maybe start by not telling disabled users to go fuck themselves with a smile.
This commenter thought they were defending "software freedom." What they were really doing was kicking people out of the room. Dismissing accessibility. Mocking effort. Pretending that cruelty is some kind of rite of passage. They quoted Stallman like it was scripture, ignored real-world experience like it was noise, and wrapped it all in condescension dressed as virtue.
I’ve spent over a decade in this ecosystem. Writing patches. Rebuilding broken stacks. Helping blind users boot systems upstream doesn’t even test. I didn’t "just install Arch and whine about the terminal." I lived in it. I survived it. I held it together when maintainers disappeared and no one else gave a damn.
But apparently, because I didn’t call it GNU/Linux™ and because I dared to talk about how this OS chews people up and spits them out, I’m lazy. I’m weak. I should "get a dog."
So I wrote a response. Line by line. No mercy. No euphemisms.
This isn’t just about one comment. This is about every time someone’s been told they don’t belong because they couldn’t learn fast enough, code well enough, or survive long enough. It’s about everyone who was pushed out while the gatekeepers patted themselves on the back for "preserving the spirit of free software."
You want a free system? Start by making it livable. Because freedom that demands you crawl bleeding through a broken bootloader isn’t freedom. It’s abandonment dressed in ideology.
And if this kind of gatekeeping is your idea of community?
You can keep it.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you-dont-own-the-word-freedom-a-full-burn-response-to-the-gnulinux-comment-that-tried-to-gatekeep-me-off-my-own-machine/
#Linux #GNU #FOSS #Accessibility #BlindTech #FreeSoftware #Gatekeeping #DisabilityInTech #OpenSource #Orca #ScreenReaders #ArchLinux #BurnItDown #blogpost

Resolving Firefox build dependencies on LTS distros quickly becomes an annoying task.

Thankfully, with enough patience we made it and got #Abrowser 139 available for #Trisquel 11 which had been available only for T12 for some time.

We should be ready to keep track on some further releases faster as we've solved the dependencies 'til we need to figure them out again. 😅

But that's just life, so enjoy and don't forget to report issues.

Cheers!

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More useful links in Trisquel Wiki - "Escaping the JavaScript Trap":
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/escaping-javascript-trap

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@autumn64
Hace ya muchos años que suelo ver lo contrario, gente hablando de #softwarelibre, muchas veces llamandolo de forma ignorante #codigoabierto y #linux, sin tener ni puta idea de qué es #GNU y de que gracias a GNU y a #RichardStallman tienen libertad en su informatica.

I've been spending some time learning more about the history and foundation of GNU/Linux and FOSS, listening to this talk by Richard Stallman this quote popped out: "Society teaches us to be very attached to convenience and people attached to convenience are easily herded."
49:20 in video.

#FOSS #GNU #Linux

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o4zMXXnthAc