From be845fe82aa72adb347bf4f39c839567fc3fdf1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xe Iaso Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:52:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] amend guix complaint Signed-off-by: Xe Iaso --- blog/gnu-your-parent-2022-02-10.markdown | 25 +++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/gnu-your-parent-2022-02-10.markdown b/blog/gnu-your-parent-2022-02-10.markdown index 680178d..9df07ee 100644 --- a/blog/gnu-your-parent-2022-02-10.markdown +++ b/blog/gnu-your-parent-2022-02-10.markdown @@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ tags: - rant --- +
+ +[EDIT(2022-02-10 12:47 EST): I apparently misread part of the GNU #guix channel +rules and made an unreasonable assumption that violators of the rules could be +banned. I have amended a conversation fragment accordingly. My intent was not to +lie, but to point out that some users actually need stuff that nonguix provides +but they just have to know that it exists in the first place.](conversation://Cadey/coffee) + +
+ Or: Ubuntu gives the user more agency about how they want to use their computer than fully libre GNU/Linux distros ever can. @@ -111,13 +121,14 @@ computers, thus limiting users' freedom to use Guix at all. [But wait, isn't there that one nonguix project that allows you to install a normal kernel and Steam?](conversation://Mara/hmm) -[Yeah, but talk about that in the main #guix channel and you risk getting -banned. GG. You just have to know that it exists and you can't learn that it -exists without knowing someone that tells you that it exists under the table. -This means that knowledge of the nonguix project (which may contain tools that -make it possible to use Guix at all) is hidden from users that may need it -because it allows users to install proprietary software. This limits user -freedom from being able to use their computer how they want by making it a +[Yeah, but talk about that in the main #guix channel and you get told to not +talk about it. You just have to know that it exists and you can't learn that it +exists without knowing someone that tells you that it exists under the table, +like some kind of underground software drug dealer giving you a hit of wifi card +firmware. This means that knowledge of the nonguix project (which may contain +tools that make it possible to use Guix at all) is hidden from users that may +need it because it allows users to install proprietary software. This limits +user freedom from being able to use their computer how they want by making it a potentially untrustable underground software den instead of something that can be properly handled upstream without having to place trust in too many places.](conversation://Cadey/angy)