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  • Neil Brownneil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk
    Jul 4, 2026, 3:29 PM

    No, people developing software in their free time should not be expected to provide GUIs. They should not be expected to do *anything*.

    Yes, for a lot of people, computing is done via GUI.

    No, it generally is not realistic to expect people to learn a completely different computing paradigm, to benefit from freedom and privacy.

    Yes, a lot of skills need to be learned and practised. Cooking. Budgeting. Being kind. And so on.

    No, that doesn't mean that the average user should need to use (and learn) Linux.

    Yes, I do.

    No, I don't use arch btw.

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  • iamdtmsiamdtms@mas.to
    Jul 4, 2026, 4:17 PM

    @neil
    Not agree with this.

    I started a project long ago. It was fun and it is free, and I did in my free time for my pleasure. I learned a lot. This is how it works.

    * Still having issues and the search might be scalable, but doesn't matter at all. Nothing finished, just gave up after a long time. Not to mention AI.

    htmlemoji.fun

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  • Cycy@fedicy.us.to
    Jul 4, 2026, 4:32 PM
    What else are they going to use? BSD? 😕
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