Notices by Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd: (redstarfish@social.linux.pizza), page 6

yt-dlp is horribly slow sometimes, not the download part... download is as fast as always... but whatever it does to get relevant data out of link before it starts download. #youtubeDL

Graphics calculators are not cheap.

#RightToRead

@tixie

Proprietary software is full of people who just want to exercise their power on the users. Then they use this power to spy, blackmail and abuse the users.

@bigTanuki

Educators need to teach Git. Student can learn to use codeberg on their own.

Under no circumstances should educators teach proprietary software to students that means never teach Github!

@selea

They love to use "open source" code to make their proprietary software products.

Installed GNU/Linux on a classmate's laptop wiping Windows completely. Feeling happy :D #gnu #linux

@parker @alex

Doesn't matter! You don't have to support the feature yourself. Just make it free software, so that they can do it themselves if they wanted to.

@alex

Let the user decide :-)

@trogluur

Don't worry about "secure boot" being disabled. It's a microsoft conspiracy with manufacturer's to take away your freedom. On the contrary you should disable it in the BIOS.

https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot

So I have been learning some Image Manipulation with #GIMP, and I made this #meme today. #gnu

It has been in my mind for a long time... #gnu

#meme #ProprietaryGarbage

@Madelen

Ignoring the initiation software (BIOS/UEFI), most of the laptops/computers can run completely free gnu/linux systems... Most probably wifi or bluetooth or discreet graphics wouldn't work. Sadly for majority of people wifi is more important than their freedom.

For my case, the bluetooth doesn't work, I just don't use bluetooth. RMS once had a laptop which he used without wifi. You just have to make these small sacrifices. :-)

@lain

I don't know many but I enjoy Für Elise and Moonlight sonata

@whalecoiner @ivory

Unless the software is free/libre software, we can't really trust the claims of their developers.

@whalecoiner @ivory

Proprietary sw is often found to be malware, there are thousands of examples of that[1]. Even if we assume that this particular sw remains true to its claims, it enforces a power structure where proprietor/developers exercises control on the users through their software, which is unacceptable in a free world.

I see no diff between proprietary sw developed by Indie devs or mega corps so I take swipe at both.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/

@Moon

GNU is the trademark of FSF. Unless it's something derogatory I doubt FSF will sue anyone.

@ntcrotser

As a normal user when do you know it's time to change the thermal paste?

@lproven @theregister

*GNU/Linux