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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 19:07:53 JST 
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@fiore
I only read 6 proprietary web browsers. Imagine how cringe it is to voluntarily use a program that controls you. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 17:27:05 JST
GNU/Gabi
@theorytoe @menherahair @phnt @Suiseiseki @Cyrillic @SuperDicq @yomiel @lxo
The problem comes from the government, not from free software. The requirement to use proprietary software to file taxes is a state-imposed restriction, not a technical limitation of free software. That said, there is no need to create an operating system from scratch, as without this restriction, a GNU tool running on the GNU operating system could be used to file taxes without running proprietary software.
The government wants you to use proprietary software. Nothing new again. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 04:54:37 JST
GNU/Gabi
@yomiel @menherahair @phnt @Suiseiseki @Cyrillic @SuperDicq @lxo
>You are ideological to the point of foolishness. A true double think; that you are more free because you can't install software. I have the freedom to easily install practically any software.
First, let's clarify the terms, because if everyone interprets them however they want, the debate loses its meaning.
Libertad, from the Latin libertas, derives from liber, meaning "a free person" in opposition to a slave. From this root, we understand that freedom involves not being subject to the will of another. This is how "freedom" is understood in my language. I’m not familiar with the ἐτυμολογία of "freedom", and if its meaning differs significantly, I’d be curious to learn about this novel concept of libertas. However, from what I can tell, both terms seem to point to the same idea: being free, in contrast to the slave, that is, to someone who is not the master of themselves.
Now, if freedom is the ability to be the master of oneself, a question arises:
Is someone more free if they can sell themselves into slavery than someone who cannot?
At first glance, it seems like they are, since the former has the "freedom" to choose their own slavery. But if we look deeper, we see that once they make that choice, they stop being the master of themselves and thus lose their freedom.
The paradox is clear: the act of giving up freedom, in itself, destroys freedom. Therefore, someone who cannot sell themselves into slavery is ultimately freer, because their freedom does not depend on a choice that could nullify it.
This concept is universal and applies to software as well. As Richard Stallman says:
"With software, either the users control the program or the program controls the users".
A proprietary software has an owner. Evidently, that owner is not you. With free software, however, you own a copy of the program, with the ability to study, modify, and share it. If software is the tool you use to interact with your computer, then whoever controls the software controls your tool. And if your tool is under someone else’s control, your freedom within that environment is as well. The difference is clear: having the option to install any software is not freedom if, by doing so, you lose control over what it does to your computer. Just like the slave who chose their master, the user who chooses proprietary software surrenders their freedom in exchange for convenience. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 23:29:39 JST
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@SuperDicq @Suiseiseki
>the fucking proprietary software in the anime isn't real bro...
Software is information, and information is not material, but it exists. That means proprietary software in an anime is real. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 21:37:00 JST
GNU/Gabi
@Suiseiseki @sally @teto
>If you want privacy, you want to use Tor Browser
You should also disable JavaScript, do not load custom fonts, enable tracking protection, isolate requests to first-party domains, spoof referers, and block third-party requests. Make sure Geolocation and WebGL are disabled.
Remember that the WWW is extremely vulnerable. Even CSS can pose a risk. Disabling JavaScript removes many threats, but HTML and CSS can still be exploited in browser-targeted attacks.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=574059 -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 13:46:31 JST
GNU/Gabi
@b0rk
>(please no “it’s GNU/Linux”)
It's just GNU. You say GNU/Linux when you want to specify which kernel you use the GNU operating system with. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 05:16:30 JST
GNU/Gabi
@lxo
Tua prosa poética é linda. Ao terminar de ler, quase chorei. Ademais, me fez perceber que deve existir uma pajada sobre software livre. Trabalharei nisso com um amigo para torná-la realidade. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 09:57:52 JST
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@Suiseiseki @sun
Can I have RMS in the GNU/Bed of my GNU/Cave? -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 11:34:53 JST
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@romin
Polls restrict freedom by limiting respondents' opinions and potentially distorting them. These answers are useful for structuring data, simplifying analysis, and avoiding ambiguities. However, if they don't serve that purpose, they're unnecessary and dangerous. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 19:45:53 JST
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@VIPPER
Almost 1 year after this map was created.
Paraguay: has significantly increased its market share of GNU/Linux, bringing it on par with macOS.
Chile: it remains the gayest country in South America. Everything is in order. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 14:03:35 JST
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@yomiel @nyanide @VIPPER @hfaust
I agree. However, OpenBSD is an operating system that includes several pieces of non-free binary-only firmware and is licensed under a permissive license without copyleft. Furthermore, its original software is licensed under an ISC-like license. You surrender your freedom by using it. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 08:57:53 JST
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@yomiel @maija
>Proprietary audio format and inferior to libre ones
>Gigachad music
Yikes. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 03:54:19 JST
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@yomiel @lina @sally @pernia @VIPPER @meso
Go ahead. I've got plenty of GNU/Lead pills ready for you. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 03:43:46 JST
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@yomiel @lina @sally @pernia @VIPPER @meso
>schizo
You're not supposed to be so obvious. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 03:20:15 JST
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@yomiel @lina @sally @pernia @VIPPER @meso
Piracy is a tool that promotes the use of proprietary software and contributes to the creation of monopolies like those of Microsoft or Apple. Microsoft, in a way, doesn’t care if you’re using a pirated copy of Windows, because by doing so, you’re not adopting an replacement operating system, but instead, you’re reinforcing Windows as the only option to use a computer. Using free software is a way to combat the monopolies imposed by proprietary software companies. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 02:08:56 JST
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@gnu2
Sally said he would stop reading my post about free software because I mentioned an author who, according to him, is a "kike". This argument is fallacious and ridiculous, but it’s completely nonsensical in a debate on this topic, as the father of free software has that ancestry. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 01:33:34 JST
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@Cyrillic @sally @meso >Freedom >Communism Pick one. Free software, in fact, has capitalist nature, one of the most evident being competition. People that develop proprietary software do everything possible to impose their software as the only option for using a personal computer, creating monopolies and eliminating competition. In reality, the communist software is proprietary, as it seeks to restrict the user's freedom and concentrate control in the hands of a few. Claiming that a philosophy which advocates for controlling a computer program is communist is absolute foolishness. P.S.: Even if most GNU operating system distributions come with a version of Linux that includes binary blobs, there are multiple alternatives that do not, which proves that competition still exists. With proprietary software, on the other hand, you have no real choice: you either accept their terms or you don’t use the software. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 01:33:32 JST
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@sally @Cyrillic @meso
I'm not a devotee of capitalism, but according to what I've learned from my president, Javier Milei, monopoly is not inherently bad — only when the State intervenes. Almost all existing monopolies or oligopolies today result from such intervention, which undermines competition.
In free software, however, competition is genuine (only possible in a laissez-faire system). A clear example is the various GNU distributions, where the State or any central authority does not interfere.
I fully agree with your point about cooperation. Richard Stallman has said that free software combines capitalist, socialist, and anarchist elements, and I completely agree. But claiming that it is inherently communist in nature is a total misunderstanding. I’m also not saying it follows an anarcho-capitalist philosophy. Stallman has been deeply critical of both systems in relation to free software.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bill-gates-and-other-communists.html -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 01:33:30 JST
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@sally @Cyrillic @meso
I remind you that Richard Stallman is a Jew. While Javier Milei is not. -
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GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 03:35:17 JST
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@nyanide @Suiseiseki
Dreaming while you sleep is not the same as thinking. Furthermore, not all dreams come from GNU/God. There are also dreams from GNU/Devil, which are deceptive dreams, of a proprietary nature that encourage violating others' freedom or losing your own.
If the GNU/Man follows these dreams without discernment or spiritual guidance, they can lead to destruction. It’s important to quickly forget them through GNU/Prayer, GNU/Praise, GNU/Readings, or by engaging in your daily GNU/Activities.
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