Debian

They’re owned by a for-profit company, they collect data on you by default, they’ve already had privacy issues in the past, and they include non-free software by default. I would rather have a beginner start off with Debian or Trisquel. We shouldn’t be trapping people into these distros because then they’ll potentially get too comfortable and not make the switch. This is coming from someone who did start off on Ubuntu. Sure, it’s more convenient, but we should be teaching people to value freedom over convenience. Even if the data collection is minimal, it’s still data.

We don’t use open-source around here pardner.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html

OP and I*

I’ve never used Linux in my life

Acktually, it’s GNU/Linux, Linux is just the kernel :)

Ubuntu is spyware.

Dublin and Rome

Proprietary 💩

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revolt.chat?

Yes, I understand that, but I don’t need all the games and stuff installed by default. Sway is a whole different experience. I use i3 on my older laptop (Macbook A1181 w/ Libreboot) but I personally wouldn’t want to use it unless I needed to.

GNOME is a gorgeous desktop environment, I just hate the fact that I have to take a additional 5-10 minutes every install just removing all the stuff I don’t need. Is there a debloater script for GNOME that you know of?

Is there a way to download Debian with GNOME without all the bloat?

It’s just not the same man.

What’s up with Threads?

Since your on board with the government only having guns, then please explain to me how Putin has stayed in power for the last 24 years? What about Nazi Germany?

So what about when you are getting raped? What about when someone doesn’t want to let you go? Do you know what its like to almost be murdered?

If you want to say “Why do you even need to fight bro” you’re basically just saying good luck to all the people who can’t defend themselves and just letting them die. And do you not understand how regimes come to light? Just take a look at Russia, Putin just got to serve for another 6 years. Do you wonder how somebody stays in power for 24 years and more? Because nobody can fight back.

What about the innocent lives lost because they didn’t have a gun? You think everyone can fight with their bare hands or a knife?

I got bit by a brown recluse when I was sleeping. They had to cut open my finger because I let it get swollen for a couple days. It first started out as a pimple, then my finger started to turn purple after awhile. I went to the hospital like a week after getting bit and they said I was like 2-3 days away from having a heart attack because it was causing the blood in my finger to clot. Still thinking about getting a spider man tattoo. Also, fuck brown recluses.

Well, that’s hard to do when your government are the only ones with guns and power.

Wireguard is super fast compared to OpenVPN