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[–] 91 points 4 months ago (23 children)

Redhat is just part of IBM now, so even more baggage on top.

Yet another reason I've been a Debian user for so long.

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  • [–] 42 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    Wild. How many Israelis still have IBM tattoos?

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    The number tattoos from the holocaust directly tie into early 'database software' aka tabulation machines developed by IBM. IBMs NYC HQ was involved the entire time from prewar census to ghettos to concentration camps. And then they made your first PC.

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  • [–] 37 points 4 months ago

    My first PC was zilog based. But yep, IBM 100% helped Nazi Germany catalog and track their prisoners on the way to the ovens. But like so many companies they've been allowed to whitewash their image.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    MY first PC, or THE first PC? Cuz a couple of years ago, IEEE recognized the Datapoint as manufacturing the first PC.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    The statistically average persons first PC. My school didn't have a datapoint computer lab. The Amiga 500 didn't put a computer repair shop in every town. IBM was on top when computers were being put everywhere. And even when they weren't, "Dude, you're getting an IBM clone."

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    ... fingers crossed someone doesn't bring up some shit about Debian ...

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    No company behind it, the DSC/DFSG has been around for around 30 years now, its operated through the non-profit SPI for just as long, and important to note it was Bruce Perens who made the first draft of the DSC.

    I think the drama in Debian has historically been more on the geekery side than anything else, and should continue to be the case for a looooong time.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    This is not as bad, but...

    There's a package in Debian called "fortune-mod" that contains "offensive jokes" - racism, homophobia, misogyny etc. They refused to remove it because free speech or whatever.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    If the package is not malware, I actually would prefer the repo maintainers fight to keep it there. I do not want the software repo to be censored. If I don't like a piece of software, I can avoid using it.

    The package is not shipped with Debian. The package is not shown to a user anywhere in Debian. A user has to go out of their way to acquire the package.

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