We also need megadesk. More megadesk
We need more real Linux – GNU/Linux, with compliant copyleft licensing – not Tivoized crap like they put on TVs.
Roku OS, Amazon Fire OS, Tizen (Samsung TV OS), etc. – all technically Linux, but you wouldn’t know it because they’ve systematically butchered them to destroy everything that made Linux good (the users’ freedom).
scripthook@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s great for the folks who have access to decades-old pre-enshittification technology and the means to maintain it, but what about everybody else?
“Just go live in the fucking woods like the Unabomber, eschewing modern technology” is not a valid solution for normal people! The law must be changed to protect them from predatory abusive corporations.
deleted@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A modern tv without internet connection is a dump tv.
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It really isn’t, though. It will still have a shitty UI that tries to shove the “smart” features in your face, it’ll probably shove some bullshit EULA in your face on first startup, and engage in other dark patterns.
Rothe@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Continuing my smart TV OS analogy, your answer is like saying just to use a dumb TV instead. There aren’t any dumb TVs anymore! The TV manufacturer cartel colluded to quit making them!
Yes there are, every smart tv becomes dumb as soon as you disconnect it from the internet. Just use it the same way you would use a monitor for your computer.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
i use my tv as secondary display on my desktop and run anything i want to watch from it.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
You aren’t wrong but you sound unhinged. That’s coming from someone who lives in the woods and runs Mint.
unphazed@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Eh, the printers should be swapped for laserjet to save money and ears. I don’t even know where one could buy paper for dot matrix printers either.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The CNC machines I run at work run from windows xp. IT disconnected them from the network, so I have to get.dxf files from my engineer on a thumb drive to program machining paths from. Ain’t that progress? No it’s lazy.
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tizen is actually pretty fun to hack tbh
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Can you actually install your hacked version on your TV, or is it DRM’d to prevent it? That’s the only thing that matters.
Sightline@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What’s the point of being so pedantic?, they were obviously not advocating for more Roku installs.
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because the distinction matters. The corporate raping of Linux has to stop being tolerated or else nothing is solved. The technical details of the kernel don’t actually matter; the licensing and openness is what matters. Hell, if the Windows NT kernel got magically relicensed to AGPLv3 tomorrow it would instantly become the superior option just because of that.
Linux doesn’t fucking matter. Copyleft matters.
Rothe@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Sigh. This kind of nonsense is why so many people get scared away from even trying linux. Who cares which distro you use, as long as it is linux it is a step in the right direction, and a whole lot of people (including myself) have taken that step very recently, despite some arrogant linux bros doing their best to gatekeep us away from even trying.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
do you seriously think roku, tizen, amazon fire are a step in the right direction?
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What the fuck? I said I don’t even actually care if the kernel is Linux or NT (or anything else) as long as it’s genuinely open so the user can modify it, and you somehow try to twist that as quibbling over distros?! Way to miss the point by a goddamn mile!