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> And we like things following the standards already put in place. Because we don’t give a damn about helping the FSF do their thing: We care about tech. We car
by greyw 5y ago
> And we like things following the standards already put in place. Because we don’t give a damn about helping the FSF do their thing: We care about tech. We care about and love the legacy of UNIX, its philosophy, and we want to adhere to it as strictly as possible.
Who is this 'we'? I don't care about the UNIX philosophy (I'm an emacs user). First thing I do on bsd systems is install the GNU userland. BSD tools follow the POSIX spec like a cult refusing to add useful extensions. Look how hopelessly broken posix sh is. I work quite often with busybox on small embedded systems and the limitedness of its vi implementation makes me irrationally angry.
- the_af 5y agoTotally agreed. Be wary of posts and articles which talk about an universal "we" as if everyone thought the same. I, for example, care more about the philosophical aims of the FSF and RMS than about the finer technical points. That Linux is a very useful OS for me is a bonus. So "we" do not just care about tech; "we" also care about users rights and freedom.
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