Brutkey

Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org

Over next 1-2 weeks,I'd appreciate an extended thread re: #FrameworkLaptop, #mntreform, & #FOSS.

TL;DR on my idiosyncratic needs:
* minimize binary firmware blobs¹
* Having 2 disks in RAID-1²
* Runs stock Official #Debian stable³
* Understanding best current replacement keyboard options⁴
* Form factor that works for my travel needs.

Is @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org or @mntmn@mastodon.social better for me?

I'd be glad if ∃ active engagement on this!

#AskFedi #AskFediverse #Framework #OpenSource

Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org

FOSS community:

My apologies — I'm ridiculously bad at email. 🤷‍🤷‍

I declare indefinite email inbox bankruptcy!

But do email if you'd like to receive an autoresponder with instructions on how to contact me.

Fediverse shortcut: a Private Mention (PM) to here does usually get a reply. (Now that I said so, I'm sure that will soon no longer be true.😬)

Use sfconservancy.org for SFC-related matters & ebb.org for everything else.

(We don't have individual copyleft.org email addresses set up yet.)

Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org

Response to a troll for the opportunity to say publicly why — in 2015 — I stopped saying “GNU/Linux”:

I say “Linux-based systems” — which I also recommended for SFC's stylesheet.

I ceased saying “ga-new-slash-lynn-ox” when Richard Stallman (RMS) chastised me for saying “Linux” (but not “GNU”) in a post about VMWares #GPL violation. I had mentioned GNU GPL; no GNU software was in their product.

RMS told me I harmed #GNU every time I didn't footnote the word “Linux” & explain GNU/Linux.
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Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org

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IMO, Richard Stallman (RMS) is a genius intellect.
But RMS is a human being who is terribly wrong sometimes. RMS is likely correct 90+% of the time. But #SoftwareFreedom should not incorporate papal infallibility &/or divine right of kings.

The #GPL Agreements are some of the best licenses ever written; I thank RMS & I've dedicated my life to adjudicate them.

Judge #FOSS folks on their actions,not their technical vocabulary.

This is my last word on “GNU/Linux”. (Posted for posterity.)

Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org

Response to a troll for the opportunity to say publicly why — in 2015 — I stopped saying “GNU/Linux”:

I say “Linux-based systems” — which I also recommended for SFC's stylesheet.

I ceased saying “ga-new-slash-lynn-ox” when Richard Stallman (RMS) chastised me for saying “Linux” (but not “GNU”) in a post about VMWares #GPL violation. I had mentioned GNU GPL; no GNU software was in their product.

RMS told me I harmed #GNU every time I didn't footnote the word “Linux” & explain GNU/Linux.
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