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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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Linus' thread: (CW: bigotry and racism in the comments) https://social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXomDbvdxKgOxVAm (you need to scroll down, i can't seem to link to the comment in the screenshot)
I don't see how his, very reasonable, views makes Linux itself (more?) political. What is the point of this post?
I don’t think the title is good, but I do think it’s notable to some extent. With people having weird, shitty opinions, it’s nice to see someone who is relatively famous in the tech community for having somewhat sane opinions and being vocal about it.
In my experience, the Linux community has got its own bunch of free speech weirdos who would reject some of these political points (especially the trans position), so I do think in that context it is kind of important.
Otoh, his Akkoma instance should block poa.st. It is Noble of him to argue, but probably it won't accomplish much when he takes bait.
holy crap, I didn't realise he was responding to a poa.st user.
Definitely should've been defederated from poa.st by now...
For someone out of the loop, what's the deal with poa.st? I followed the link and it says its for shitposters which... doesn't sound good... but could mean a few different things.
Imagine a bunch of wannabe 4channers got their own mastodon instance.
That’s poa.st
Although to be technically correct, they use Soapbox instead of Mastodon.