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0 pointsglobular-toast2y ago0 comments

I mean, he succeeded in at least giving everyone the choice. I happily run entirely free software on my computers. But yes, it needs legislation to switch off copyright for software and make computing a human right.

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HYTjfZKV96gUpz2y ago

> I happily run entirely free software on my computers

You do? No graphics card? No (good) games? No firmware? And if so, how much of a premium did you pay for the lack of scale from your hardware vendor alone?

globular-toastOP2y ago

Intel graphics. Drivers in the kernel. I don't play games. Firmware, probably, but my computer is a computer.

I prefer to look at the positives in life. Literally the biggest companies in the world don't want people to have free software, yet we still do. It's been a hard battle at times. I was there in early 00s when running GNU/Linux sucked in many ways. Now it's an absolute joy.

a-french-anon2y ago

>No (good) games

Quake 3 is still free, you know.

achenet2y ago

0AD as well is pretty sweet :)

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