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Be like Them
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:date: 2016-03-05T09:46:14
:category: computer
:tags: Linux, ourcloud, firefoxOS, FLOSS, blogcomment

(Originally published as a comment_ on pump.io)

The problem is when we want to be like them. "Give me the
free-as-beer Windows" attitude towards Linux (intentionally not
using GNU/Linux, but that's another discussion) is repeated here
with "Give me the Facebook/Twitter which doesn't bother me with
spam". There is no such thing. Yes, certainly there is that we
have to accept the limitations of our platform (no latest kewl
games on Linux, no participants on pump.io/gnu social/diaspora),
but there is a way deeper issue.

The only defense against "Give me the free-as-beer Windows" (or
the first question being "How to run Wine on this?") is IMHO in
not caring about what other people do. I didn't care when I
started to use Linux and I don't care still whether Linux takes
over the world, or whether I am able to get laid because of using
Linux. I do care, whether while using Linux I can do things which
I want to do with computer, and whether there is sufficient
community which will maintain for me the platform in future.

Some platforms which I hoped for and invested in, `did not
manage`_ to get over even that first step, but it seems that
CyanogenMod with F-Droid (and without Google Play store) seems to
work pretty well (with one or two sideloaded APKs). And yes,
another concession is that the only Chat where are actually
people I want to talk with is Facebook Chat. Fortunately, here at
least I can be (on my side) FLOSS-pure … pidgin talking over
XMPP with spectrum_ makes miracles.

.. _comment:
    http://pump.ceplovi.cz/mcepl/comment/ThuWFrwYSWqYlAmSH4nKyg

.. _`did not manage`:
    {filename}firefoxOS_post-mortem.rst

.. _spectrum:
    http://spectrum.im/