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Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech

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On 2025-02-08, pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-07, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2025-02-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-06 11:40 p.m., MummyChunk wrote:
>>>>> CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>> https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-is-anti-free-speech
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like the man has come to a similar realization as I have. It truly
>>>>> is sad.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> CrudeSausage
>>>>> Gab: @CrudeSausage
>>>>> Telegram: @CrudeSausage
>>>>> Unapologetic paleoconservative
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Care to share why you have your opinion?
>>>> 
>>>> This is a response to the post seen at:
>>>> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=683345664#683345664
>>>
>>> Well, GNOME and Mozilla are emphasizing on DIE practices rather than 
>>> improving their product to a point that both are now looking like 
>>> they're going to go bankrupt. Redhat and IBM have also both expressed a 
>>> desire to prioritize employment for anyone who isn't white and 
>>> heterosexual. Debian has moved in that direction as well and now the 
>>> people behind Arch are stating that right-wing ideas are unwelcome among 
>>> them. Elementary OS had already been pretty clear about their hatred of 
>>> conservatives for years. It seems that meritocracies are of no interest 
>>> in the development of Linux. Since that is becoming the case, I'll just 
>>> use whatever works best.
>>
>> You keep saying that, but Gnome is an Open Source Project (and so is 
>> Firefox) so they're not going to go "bankrupt." As for "improving their 
>> product" the fact that I can still use a real version of uBlock Origin on 
>> Firefox makes it superior to Chrome and its derivatives now that they've 
>> moved to Manifest 3 and a more "controlled" environment. 
>>
>> You've got to quit reading "lunduke" if you're searching for objectivity — 
>> he obviously has an anti-Linux ax to grind.
>>
>
> I've never liked Lunduke. To me he was an opportunists playing both
> sides of the debate between Linux and other operating systems.
> As I have not watched him in a few years maybe things have changed but in the
> past he seemed to focus on minor things that maybe most Linux users would
> not encounter or if they did, easy work around would exist.
> He is interesting but not my cup of whisky.
> I'm a MX Linux user running kde.

That's my impression. He seems to be self-promoting all the time, usually 
with click bait.

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien

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Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 18:06 -0500
  Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2025-02-07 04:40 +0000
    Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 07:46 +0000
      Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2025-02-07 14:46 +0000
        Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 11:25 -0500
          Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2025-02-07 18:12 +0000
            Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:26 +0000
        Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:00 +0000
    Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:11 -0500
      Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 17:47 +0000
        Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 20:14 -0500
          Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:31 +0000
        Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-02-08 01:54 +0000
          Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:32 +0000
    Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 08:17 -0700
  Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 07:39 +0000
    Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:13 -0500
      Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 17:50 +0000
  Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 07:40 +0000
    Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:14 -0500
      Re: Lunduke: open-source is anti-free speech RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 17:56 +0000

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