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> Puritans of the 21st century. Both in extremity For work I run MacOS, because they assigned me a Macbook and pay me to do so. Currently I program Android, w
by Mc91 5y ago
> Puritans of the 21st century. Both in extremity
For work I run MacOS, because they assigned me a Macbook and pay me to do so. Currently I program Android, which has a free software system somewhere under there, although there are unfree layers on top, which have been discussed to death.
I also personally use Ubuntu for my desktop and laptop. Years ago I put Gnewsense as a boot-up option for a machine.
For different tasks I use different levels of proprietary or free software. I don't see my installing of Gnewsense as puritanical or extreme (me wanting full control of my OS is puritanical and extreme?), just as I don't see me using the proprietary MacOS as puritanical and extreme. If me being able to control my own operating system is puritanical and extreme, then what do you call having someone else being able to control my operating system?
There may be free extremists but that means there are proprietary extremists as well.