In the eyes of an extreme freetard, playing an old DOS or NES game is no different than using Windows 11, Discord, or Google Chrome.

He is sometimes helpful but most of his information comes off a now defunct wiki that was a decade outdated before it shut down.
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@rher I made an entire effortpost a few hours ago explaining why this free software zealotry is actually hurting the movement and keeping people on Windows.

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That's all well and good but the biggest issue behind linux adoption is hardware support plain and simple. Ignoring licensing issues, drivers for peripherals under linux rarely work at all aand rarer still work well. I forget how much of their money the linux foundation spends on development but it's not a lot. Most of their money goes to charities. Throwing a pittance at developing good free drivers for gpus would go a long way towards acceptance in professional circles.

@rher @xianc78 dunno, controllers, mice and keyboards usually just work, or at least the ones i've used do, the one thing that has always been a headache for one reason or another is bluetooth but i guess bluetooth is just shit on every platform and OS by now.

@xianc78 @rher both my dual sense controllers just work over bluetooth, which fun enough thanks to the absolute bullshit mess that is USB-c i have an easier time just connecting them over bluetooth than plugging the one USB-c cable they work with, now bluetooth headphones are annoying.

@PurpCat @xianc78 @rher You sure love spreading disinformation don't you?

GNU Linux-libre works just fine on my machines.

What GNU Linux-libre does is remove proprietary software and proprietary software loading machinery and makes such patches so that some drivers work without proprietary software and so, if your hardware is not utter garbage, it will just work.
@rher @xianc78 linux is in most cases only a few years behind the release date of new hardware. and that's only because i'm not counting out-of-tree drivers
@xianc78 @rher You are barking at the wrong tree. These people will never change nor understand. That's why they are only worthy of getting laughed at. Especially Suiseiseki.

@phnt @rher Yeah. I just realized that they are no different than left-anarchists who try to fight capitalism buy destroying small businesses. They're just firing at the wrong targets.

@xianc78 @phnt @rher What are you even on about?

The free software movements aims to eliminate all proprietary software, no matter whether a small or big business distributes it.

Each line of freedom is fired at the intended target.
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