333
submitted 10 months ago by CynicusRex@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway?

(page 2) 47 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

It's great to donate if you can, but if you can't, then appreciate the public good that these programmers have done and don't feel guilty for using free software for free.

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

I like chiping in when I can. Now that I'm in college I can't spare too much. :(

[-] maniel@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Excluding really good software such as f-droid just because it somehow mentions cryptocurrency? Seems ridiculous

[-] CynicusRex@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] maniel@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

yeah, i'd understanding rejecting software promoting crypto, like brave, but rejecting apps for accepting crypto donations is kinda kinky fetish in my book, also if you cancel f-droid just because they allow crypto related apps you should ban whole distros for hosting crypto packages in heir repositories

[-] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Good article 👍

[-] Titou@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

you seems to be the kind of person who like the "pay your price" system

[-] CynicusRex@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago
[-] Titou@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

yes, or "give your price" i don't remember the exact name, probably different from every websites

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
333 points (93.9% liked)

Linux

48334 readers
640 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS