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The other day I learnt that @ kde is brewing their own Linux distribution, and it's been living rent-free in my head since (mast.ttk.is)
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🧵The other day I learnt that @kde is brewing their own Linux distribution, and it's been living rent-free in my head since. And I think I've come to a conclusion.I am 100% sure that those involved are 100% vested in the idea - but yet, it sits 100% wrong with me.Why? What if GoodYear starts making their own cars? They would tight-fit their tyres to their own cars, not all cars in general. Same if Pirelli starts makeing their own cars.

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[–] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah... Except GoodYear is a commercial entity. While KDE is not.

The reason corporations pull that kind of shit, is because there's money in it.

Why the fuck would a FOSS project start locking down functionality? They don't sell anything. Even when FOSS projects charge, the second they're unfair about it, people will just fork the project and take it for free.

KDE doesn't have "sales". They don't care whether they have a thousand users or a million. The money they "make" is the same. Because KDE isn't a product you buy. Their revenue doesn't go up or down depending on how many people they can get to use their desktop environment and applications.

In fact, if anything, doing what you suspect would cause people to donate less to the project.

The thing about FOSS projects is that if they forced you to use them in a way that upsets you... You can just not pay. With GoodYear, making you unhappy is worth it, because you still have to buy the car.

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    [–] [S] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    @kde 🧵(2/?)Or what if Heinz starts making their own fast-food chain and only supplies their condiments to said chain?This is a bad idea because it is reversing the supply-chain, redirecting efforts that should be focused on the KDE ecosystem (the tip of the iceberg) and moves it to the bottom. Away from what matters.It WILL eventually lead to KDE isolation, a foundation fragmentation and frivolous forking.It is that kind of an idea everyone thinks is either great, comical or satirical

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    @kde 🧵(3/?)- until it's in your face and all of a sudden you realize that you perhaps should have voted differently, as all of a sudden everyone is deporting you, GNOME is taking over and you sit in your little corner cowering in fear.And no, I'm not talking about a farmer in the US voting for Trump - but there clearly is an analogy.Wake up and smell the reality. The reality is - you asked the wrong question. It never was "can we do it" or "do we want to do it".

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 7 months ago

    @kde 🧵(4/4)Leave others to what they do best. Focus your efforts on what matters - there is still a whole lot to do in KDE to make it the best there is. A massive amount of issues to work out in the UI/UX so that drawing in new users doesn't have to be a long walk on broken glass.And the project manager that thought this would be a good idea? Reassign him to making Kcalc better.

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