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I am a semi-saint of the Church of Emacs.
If you speak ill of libre software or Dr. Richard M. Stallman, I’ll kill you gratis with my own hands.

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2025-03-09 18:45:09

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@nprofile…e09a
I wisely choose not to pay hundreds of copper ingots for a pocket-sized surveillance and tracking device. However, if you want to partially free such a device, you should install the only free Android distribution, which is Replicant, and not a BusyBox/Linux distribution, which is not free software and also not source-available (making it not open source) but rather proprietary malware that attacks the user with black boxes, opaque platforms, and dark patterns.

2025-03-07 23:11:10

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@nprofile…y2fr
Philosophical GNU.
https://media.freesoftwareextremist.com/media/75/45/85/7545855ab7fa7aeb8f110e976a61c69d059747b86660e12c60c41b8c90414a04.jpg

2025-03-07 22:42:10

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@nprofile…pkrl @nprofile…vqps
You are confusing similar words and synonyms. A "replacement" and an "alternative" are not synonyms. "Replacement" refers to the action of substituting something for another thing, that is, putting something new in place of something that is no longer used or has been removed. "Alternative," on the other hand, refers to an option or possibility among several. It does not necessarily imply that one option replaces another, but rather that it is presented as a different option.
Why would you want slavery to be an option? Freedom demands the extermination of proprietary software, not its acceptance as alternatives.

2025-02-25 12:15:48

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@nprofile…vqps @nprofile…xnqn
>I've noticed a lot of proprietary rot in Wikipedia, but when you check the sources, the sources aren't rotted and someone else has put their proprietary opinion in
Indeed. I have read several times in the discussions on Wikipedia about articles related to free software that the use of the term "GNU/Linux" to refer to the GNU operating system is, at least, a debatable topic. It is argued that the "neutral term Linux" should be used to refer to the operating system, as otherwise it could be interpreted as taking sides. I suppose and hope that this proprietary opinion comes from the same proprietary idiot.
They sometimes just blatantly lie. For example, they use photographs of foods in articles that do not correspond to the same products (e.g., a photo of a corndog in an article about a panchuque). Although the panchuque can be considered a variation of a corndog, the caption of the photograph states "a panchuque".

2025-02-17 19:28:38

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@nprofile…lfja @nprofile…kaam @nprofile…vqyr @nprofile…vqps @nprofile…p39j @nprofile…359z @nprofile…fpcl
>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.

2025-02-17 14:10:28

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@nprofile…359z @nprofile…vqps
>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.

2025-02-17 13:36:41

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@nprofile…xnqn
>Are there any good public relatively-normie Pleroma servers?
If by "good" and "relatively-normie" you mean that the admins won’t ban you for having an opinion, but there aren’t black suns on the public timeline, then no. At least not any mature non-anime server.
Why not host another instance with a non-political domain name? I recommend you take a look at snac2. You don't need more for a single-user instance.

2025-02-17 13:07:24

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@nprofile…vqps @nprofile…xnqn
>Blocked: freesoftwareextremist.com
>Reason: blocked by tech.lgbt
:cirnoSip:

2025-02-16 20:10:08

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@nprofile…fpcl
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.

2025-02-14 00:53:00

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@nprofile…vqps @nprofile…h6f2
Can I have RMS in the GNU/Bed of my GNU/Cave?

2025-02-10 20:03:01

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@nprofile…xnqn
Yes.

2025-02-06 17:54:46

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@nprofile…lfja @nprofile…rugn @nprofile…muvh @nprofile…xeq0 @nprofile…unmd @nprofile…gx4l
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.