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> Unless people get off their high horses and actually fix broken shit the whole cult of free software is just delusional. I understand your frustration, but t
by minipci1321 10y ago
> Unless people get off their high horses and actually fix broken shit the whole cult of free software is just delusional.
I understand your frustration, but the cult of free software initially was about being able to fix the issue by oneself in any case involving software -- lots of us still value that aspect.
- emp_zealoth 10y agoI too value being able to customise or mess with the software, but there is way too much insistence on "purity" than on providing working tools. I'm not a dev, I'm studying to be a mechanical/automation engineer. The "purity" circlejerk is completely orthogonal to me. Nobody I know uses free software for very long because right now is inherently broken - Libre Office will fail you, Octave will fail you, Gimp or ImageMagick will fail you, often with bugs that are known for YEARS. Linux will blow up in your face one way or another evenutally. Unless "un-broneness" is prioritised more I don't see free software going really big. (Tool/Product wise)