It's Not About How Developers Vote
10 hours ago
- The text argues that choosing a Linux distribution should be based on technical merits, not the political views or voting habits of its developers.
- It criticizes the tendency to follow GAFAM (Big Tech companies) in security matters, pointing out their efforts to insert backdoors and support toxic political agendas.
- The author highlights that GAFAM receives undue leniency despite being active instruments of dictatorship, and suggests following the money to understand their motives.
- The FSF has announced funding for efforts to replace Microsoft's restricted boot, which is still promoted by those who previously tried to undermine the FSF; this is framed as a user-control issue, not a political one.
- The text warns that obsessing over developer votes distracts from what makes a user-respecting system, and cites 'slop' (likely a reference to certain software) as an example that strips freedom and violates licenses, including copyleft.