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elias_griffin@lemmy.world 10 months agoYou have it backwards. The kernel is Linux. A distribution is added to the kernel. The kernel is what matters, the distribution is consequent and relies on the kernel which dictates all it’s functions. The distribution is flavor on top of foundation. 101.
All investment of time, money, resources, everything, should be ethical choices, ethical investing. Deciding to ignore who funds what makes you vulnerable to accept tainted diamonds, Cartel funded dispensaries, restaurants, and Policians, etc, etc. You should be wary of who you make rich, who you compensate, who you give your money to.
Ignorance of money and the resources it drives that determine the fate of people everywhere is simply ignorance and your viewpoint should not be rewarded.
Aatube@kbin.social 10 months ago
You have it backwards. The kernel is essential to an operating system, but all it does is the basics: process system calls, manage processes, get you virtual files... Essentially, a kernel is just the programming language and its runtime for everything you build in an operating system. Distributions are ran on top on the runtime, and the distribution is what's important in whether the user's liberties are respected or not. A programming language cannot compromise your liberties.
As long as something's funds doesn't change its features enough to obstruct the users, any kind of funding is fine. So far, obstructions have not happened to the Linux kernel.
elias_griffin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As a decades experienced security professional myself I can tell you that people reading are not taking what you say seriously so I don’t have to respond and tediously break apart that swath of misinformation.
Minus point for parroting me.