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amend guix complaint 

Signed-off-by: Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>
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<div class="warning">
[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)
</div>
Or: Ubuntu gives the user more agency about how they want to use their computer Or: Ubuntu gives the user more agency about how they want to use their computer
than fully libre GNU/Linux distros ever can. 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 [But wait, isn't there that one nonguix project that allows you to install a
normal kernel and Steam?](conversation://Mara/hmm) normal kernel and Steam?](conversation://Mara/hmm)
[Yeah, but talk about that in the main #guix channel and you risk getting [Yeah, but talk about that in the main #guix channel and you get told to not
banned. GG. You just have to know that it exists and you can't learn that it 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. 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 like some kind of underground software drug dealer giving you a hit of wifi card
make it possible to use Guix at all) is hidden from users that may need it firmware. This means that knowledge of the nonguix project (which may contain
because it allows users to install proprietary software. This limits user tools that make it possible to use Guix at all) is hidden from users that may
freedom from being able to use their computer how they want by making it a 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 potentially untrustable underground software den instead of something that can
be properly handled upstream without having to place trust in too many be properly handled upstream without having to place trust in too many
places.](conversation://Cadey/angy) places.](conversation://Cadey/angy)