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Re: Video: Linux sucks 2024 (Bryan Lunduke) [video]

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post #6

An hour and 14 minutes??? Please, for the love of God, get to the point, man.

Yeah, I gave up after a few minutes. If you insist on wasting my time by packing almost each sentence in bombastic sounding oratory (and failing!), give me a transcript to read instead, or I'm out of here.

Re: Video: Linux sucks 2024 (Bryan Lunduke) [video]

#17
I love that "let's keep things apolitical" then just talk about politics that he might disagree with.

There is not such a thing as apolitical. If you say something of sort you are just in agreement with the current political status quo you are inserted on. Just by his definition of "I only talk when things really get political" is statement to that.

Open source software is political statement, and imho it benefits from being more political (or open about it) not "less".

Also this whole videos plays like a series of click baity phrases, I couldn't watch through.

Re: Video: Linux sucks 2024 (Bryan Lunduke) [video]

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post #10
post #3

Do we really need to still be pushing people like Bryan Lunduke?

Absolutely not. It's a shame, because Lunduke has been a voice of reason in the Linux community for some time, but those days are well over. You don't just walk away from Qanon with your reputation intact. Bryan's slipping into conspiracy theories, grifting, and even tacit support for fascism is enough for me to stop caring about what he says. These "Linux Sucks" videos do tend to be pretty good and he's rarely off-t…

> "tacit support for fascism"

Can you give an example that he's expressed?

Re: Video: Linux sucks 2024 (Bryan Lunduke) [video]

#19
post #3

Do we really need to still be pushing people like Bryan Lunduke?

Knowing when to quit seems to be a lost art.

Everyone can find their niche audience on Patreon and whatnot now, which means there's fewer incentives to guide people if they go off the rails. On the other hand, it also empowers people operating in smaller niches that have difficulty surviving otherwise, which is kind of neat.
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