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Do you say Linux or GNU/Linux?
  • I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.

    Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

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  • That's exactly what I said, each side of the bridge has its own encryption standard (or no encryption at all).

    The encryption could be as solid as possible, the problem would remain unchanged: to bridge messages between two services that are not interoperable, you need to decrypt them at some point.

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  • Matrix bridges have nothing to do with encryption, they read the messages exactly the same way a client would, and send them to the other side of the bridge exactly the same way a client would.

  • Sign our petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Mozilla's Firefox to censor websites
  • Yes but 90% of the people using Firefox won't bother or notice. I already struggle trying to make all my relatives switch to Firefox, I can't imagine getting them to download a specific version or build it themselves...

  • Is there anything that only the rich can currently afford but that everyone will have in the future?

    When the very first cars were built, only the rich could afford it, but now a large part of the population (in developed countries) has one or more.

    What do you think will be such an evolution in the future?

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    YSK: Threads soon joining the fediverse.
  • If this allows at least people to discover how the fediverse works (even if I doubt they will push people to it), it will be a great victory, because it's the biggest pain for newcomers imo.

    Also the simple fact that the fediverse is mentioned will hopefully bring more people here.

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