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This is neat, but it seems strange to call it a "port" of a closed source proprietary commercial product. It doesn't actually seem to be related beyond also bei
by antiuniverse 7y ago
This is neat, but it seems strange to call it a "port" of a closed source proprietary commercial product. It doesn't actually seem to be related beyond also being a firewall with a UI that kinda imitates Little Snitch.
I think a better term might be "clone"?
- TwoNineFive 7y agoThis is correct. This is not a port. I wouldn't even call it a clone. It's more like "inspired by." It's just a Hyperbolic Headline.
- heavyset_go 7y ago> It's just a Hyperbolic Headline. Maybe, but it's effective. I instantly know what it does instead of trying ascertain what makes Yet Another Linux Firewall different from the rest.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoThen call it a "recreation" of Little Snitch or something. Calling it a "port" is completely inaccurate and misleading. I clicked on this thread thinking the Little Snitch developers must be involved somehow. And If I were the Little Snitch devs, I'd be more than a little annoyed.
- PhilippGille 7y ago> I instantly know what it does And with "clone" you wouldn't?
- bangonkeyboard 7y agoI brought this up when the project was a couple of weeks old (the submission title was subsequently changed): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14252406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14252406 It is annoying that it still calls itself a port three years later.