Lemmy
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101·2 years agoWhat if they’re shoplifting at my store?
They’re owned by a for-profit company, they collect data on you by default, they’ve already had privacy issues in the past, and they include non-free software by default. I would rather have a beginner start off with Debian or Trisquel. We shouldn’t be trapping people into these distros because then they’ll potentially get too comfortable and not make the switch. This is coming from someone who did start off on Ubuntu. Sure, it’s more convenient, but we should be teaching people to value freedom over convenience. Even if the data collection is minimal, it’s still data.
We don’t use open-source around here pardner.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html
OP and I*
I’ve never used Linux in my life
Acktually, it’s GNU/Linux, Linux is just the kernel :)
2·2 years agoDublin and Rome
Libreboot nowadays would most likely still contain blobs in the BIOS, but not as much as regular Coreboot. I don’t know why you’re being downvoted lol. If Coreboot is supported, they can port it to Libreboot.
If they added Coreboot support, I would buy it just because of that. (Not 100% FOSS, but it’s still nice to have more control over your hardware)
8·2 years agodeleted by creator
U right.
There weren’t any major wars when Trump was in office.
22·2 years agoJust vote for other people?
Source?