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Definitely disappointed (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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?

    😭 2
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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    Say what now?

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  • [–] 63 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    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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    • [–] 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    The meme is poignant, but it would be nice if you accompanied with a non-meme source, so people can be informed with factual information.

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    • [–] 16 points 4 months ago

    So the hat was red all of this time from blood then?

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    [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    I used to think that the worst part about using Fedora was seeing all the m'lady memes when searching to a fix to your issue without paying Redhat...guess that's the second worse thing now.

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    [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I like fedora. Unless anyone have source of how Red Hat is making money off of users or technically compromised somehow, I say we're using up their resources for free.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    With Red Hat Device Edge Lockheed Martin is leading the infusion of cutting-edge commercial technology into military capabilities that deliver advanced solutions to our customers. Justin Taylor, Vice President, F-22 technology, Lockheed Martin

    https://web.archive.org/web/20260120121117/https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/lockheed-martin-red-hat-collaborate-advance-artificial-intelligence-military-missions

    Red Hat is the MIC linux

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    • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Isn't Systemd a Redhat thing? Either way, I should probably migrate to Artix...

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    [–] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Well that's really dissapointing to learn when having multiple fedora installations at home...

    (Other family member`s desktop and my own server)

    The thing is I kinda want SELinux on my server. Hm SUSE is German which does not bring much hope. Probably worth checking.

    (Am I crazy enough to use Gentoo on my server as well?)

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

    Maybe you can answer this, but why do you want SELinux? When I was on openSUSE, I felt like whatever that thing was doing was preventing me from just turning my computer on and playing some games. Proton-GE ESPECIALLY.

    Now, on Fedora (yay at the above news..) I don't have that issue any longer. no idea what is installed on Fedora, but it doesn't give me nearly as many of those issues that openSUSE did.

    I think openSUSE is awesome, but for someone like me who doesn't fully understand all the little things going on in the OS, a default install of openSUSE was much worse off on my system config than Fedora was.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Well mainly security and curiosity. Same kind of curiosity that got me daily driving Gentoo I assume.

    Its a public facing server after all so if one of several software gets compromised at least theres a one last safety measure that can prevent a considerable amount of damage.

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    • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    And to think, I once felt sorry for red hat because their symbol had been co-opted by maga.

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