wuphysics87

@wuphysics87@lemmy.ml

Physics and Free Software

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Linux distribution for gaming and media centre.

Heya! I’m looking to install Linux for the first time on parts from my old pc builds to use as a media centre and multiplayer gaming system in my living room. Something with as clean as possible interface with room for customization would be cool. Oh and support for my old nvidia gpu....

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Free (as in freedom) software bares the stipulation that if you use it, it must remain free. The criteria for being free are 1. You may view the source code. 2. You may edit the source code. 3. You may distribute the source code. 4. You may distribute the modifications to the source code. If you use the software the freedoms given to you are to be payed forward to all subsequent people who use it.

Open source only says you can see the source code, but it can be used in any closed sources or proprietary program.

In short. Free software is about ethics. Open Source software is about pragmatics (or so some may claim)

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Fairphone only partners with organizations who pay living wages. I.e. their phones aren’t made in a sweatshop

Switched to Linux, don't know what to do

Hello everyone, I just installed Linux (I’m new to it), in particular Linux Mint, with dual booted Windows for games. Tinkered with it a bit, loved the way it looked, loved how fast it is, but I really don’t want to stop on one option and stick with it for a while. I want to try new stuff, new distros (that’s how you call...

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I use arch by the way has evolved!

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Hurd*

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You joke, but sometimes I write scripts in ion. It beats the hell out of bash in terms of syntax

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It’s easy to say from the sidelines that through diplomacy peace will prevail, but who’s definition of peace? Are the Palestinians going to get any of their land back? What about the natives of the Americas or Australia? You can’t negotiate with colonionalism. You will never even have a seat that the table. The unfortunate truth is that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. And one party is completely to blame for stacking the deck that way. These two things are not the same.

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What could he even Leninist about/at?

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