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I think it's more likely Google's new Fuchsia OS will displace Linux for most desktop use (and maybe more than just that) than that Linux will get its shit tog
by handrous 5y ago
I think it's more likely Google's new Fuchsia OS will displace Linux for most desktop use (and maybe more than just that) than that Linux will get its shit together and ship a GUI layer good and cohesive enough to compete. And I write that as someone who used Linux desktops heavily (and, for long stretches, exclusively) for about a decade.
It's, what, BSD licensed? Open source, but not GPL-alike Free Software. Still, that's pretty decent.
I reckon the only way that doesn't happen is if they pull the plug (quite possible) or they shift to keeping the GUI layer proprietary (also quite possible).
- trasz 5y agoBSD is Free Software, FSF-certified.
- fsflover 5y agoNot, it's not: https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html. FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD all include instructions for obtaining nonfree programs in their ports system. In addition, their kernels include nonfree firmware blobs.
- trasz 5y agoIt is. We are talking about software licenses, not FSF opinion on software distributions.
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- handrous 5y agoAh, even after all these years I get tripped up on which terms only apply to viral-license open source.
- trasz 5y agoThere is just one: “GPL”. I’m not aware of any other viral licenses. But I suspect you’ve meant copyleft instead, which is something different from virality - there are plenty of copyleft licenses, eg MPL, which are not viral.
- handrous 5y agoMaybe that's what I was looking for. FFS, way back in the mists of time I'm pretty sure I had a hat that read "COPYLEFT". You'd think I'd be able to get it correct.