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I was amazed to see that Stallman doesn't install his OS himself - hasn't for years. He seemed diminished in my eyes after I learnt this.
What does diminished mean? I mean, like as a person he's not impressive? When I remember I'm reading a comment that's hiding behind a pseudonym, they are also diminished in my eyes.
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What does this have to do with what he is talking about in the linked video? Does it make him a bad guy or ruin his credibility or something?
Occasionally people in the FLOSS community have been known to crack jokes and 'have fun'. Even tho most of the jokes are not very funny and the fun that is had is rather autistic by most peoples standards I see no reason why we should stop. Many of us have been listening to Stallman for close to 20 years and have been part of free software movement for that long. Having a good chuckle at Comrade Stallman expense is r…
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His programming and social acheivements in my opinion vastly outclass installing an OS by himself, though I wonder why he doesn't do it; I assume he knows how partitioning etc. works. And to be honest, how often do most people need to reinstall their OS? I would be surprised if he has reinstalled more than 3 times in 5 years.
Probably because the process is at best dull and at worst, a massive PITA; either way it has little to no relevance to his actual work. If I had the chance, I'd avoid any kind of software installation/maintainence as well...
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Occasionally people in the FLOSS community have been known to crack jokes and 'have fun'. Even tho most of the jokes are not very funny and the fun that is had is rather autistic by most peoples standards I see no reason why we should stop. Many of us have been listening to Stallman for close to 20 years and have been part of free software movement for that long. Having a good chuckle at Comrade Stallman expense is r…
I'm aware of that, but this is just bullying the guy, how would you like it if that was a video of you?
Being able to criticize each other and crack jokes about each other is essential to open source and it helps to build community. We can criticize and crack jokes at each others expense because we learn to trust each other. That's how you build real community.
When people are two afraid to criticize each other or crack jokes about each other then you really can not have a healthy community where people have a true respect and admiration for one another. And you certainly can not build a community that has to have critique about code quality, architecture and so forth to sustain itself.
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Probably because the process is at best dull and at worst, a massive PITA; either way it has little to no relevance to his actual work. If I had the chance, I'd avoid any kind of software installation/maintainence as well...
Doesn't it speak rather poorly for free software if installing it is a "massive PITA"?
I first read about RMS in 1999 in an Australian PC Authority magazine, it also featured an interview with Linux Torvalds. The distinction between the two personalities was felt keenly at the time as well. RMS really hasn't changed in those 18 years.
Ok, 2 seconds in and I'm shocked. All my life I pronounced gnu as new, like Nutella.
FWIW, I pronounce 'GNU' as 'nu'.
Ok, 2 seconds in and I'm shocked. All my life I pronounced gnu as new, like Nutella.
Do you pronounce Nutella "Nu-tella" or "Nut-ella" ? FWIW, I pronounce 'GNU' as 'nu'.
I was amazed to see that Stallman doesn't install his OS himself - hasn't for years. He seemed diminished in my eyes after I learnt this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umQL37AC_YM A video where he talks about never installing his own OS.
If a moderately-intelligent, moderately-literate beginner can't install your operating system, then your operating system (or at least, its user interface) is crap.
Edit: Just to be clear, I'm responding to the quote, not calling Linux crap. I run a combination of Linux and Windows machines and VMs and they're both very straightforward to install, a complete beginner can just click next / next / next and still get it working.