The problem is capitalism, not which kernel everything runs. And the reason FOSS isn’t universal is also capitalism.
Would you agree?
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floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
zagaberoo@beehaw.org 1 year ago
It’s more complicated to make money producing FOSS, capitalism or not. Lots of reasonable developers would still choose closed source even without capitalism.
hellishharlot@programming.dev 1 year ago
Making money is a capitalist adjacent idea. The premise that we need money to figure out how to allocate resources is foolish
sj_zero 1 year ago
Dirty secret is that FOSS is a product of capitalism and nothing else.
A bunch of nerds being allowed to own and control the means of production created personal computers while the central planners in both communist countries and big companies both thought it was a dumb idea. A bunch of nerds being allowed to own and control the means of production meant that someone could decide to release their product free with source code. Private ownership of intellectual property such as source code allowed people to release their privately owned code under a license specifying that changes must be made public.
From there, the proof in the pudding is in the eating. How many FOSS projects do you use, and who made them?
IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 1 year ago
Aren’t the majority of computers already on Linux? Unless you mean desktops
GammaScorpii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Most computers in the world are not desktops
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
No, the majority of computers (and servers) are in regular non tech businesses and they overwhelmingly run windows. It’s as much a momentum and lock in issue as it is a skills shortage issue.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s probably one computer at most per employee, but each employee already has a non Windows cell phone. Most servers run Linux. Then there’s Linux in a bunch of small devices as well. Windows is a small part of that pie and only getting smaller.
Asudox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Windows Server for usage in actual servers? Those companies must be retarded to the core.
teamonkey@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I don’t see anyone outside so it checks out.
MrSlicer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They are all learning how to use the terminal.
sharkfucker420@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Real
HellAwaits@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No because as others have already said, why would 1 thing dominating everything be good?
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Because Linux isn’t really one thing. If the kernel developers do something bad, just fork the kernel and remove it.
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Its not dominating everything but we can make foss our own. I.e. Linux don’t dominate over us but “we are using linux the way we want”
Poopmeister@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Would expect the architecture to be a bit more on the brutalist side of things
Rakust@kbin.social 1 year ago
No, because everyone would be sitting around jacking each other off about using linux, if current trends are to be believed.
Boogeyman4325@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Not really. Having heterogeneity among operating systems is better than pure homogeneity. Say, if everyone ran Linux, and some massive security flaw was discovered, we would all be screwed at the same time. However, if we ran different stuff, and some massive security hole was found for just one operating system, then only a small portion of the world is vulnerable at once. Besides, more operating systems can lead to more innovation, as long as there is good competition between them.
stilgar@infosec.pub 1 year ago
No, you missed the homeless encampments, forest fires and car centric cities.
There’s no
apt install utopia.Llewellyn@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Because you have forgotten sudo
halvar@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Until the moment someone finds a privilage escalation bug.
Yuki@kutsuya.dev 1 year ago
:D
TomMonkeyMan@chinese.lol 1 year ago
they miss the statue of Linus Torvalds
RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, because that would make me stupid.
s12@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
“But if we put all the world’s shares into Linux, the other Kernel Patron Units would be incapacitated!”
… I doubt anyone will get this reference.
mtchristo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No esthetics wise it would be worse than the USSR
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 year ago
If everyone used Linux I would use BSD
original_ish_name@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No, firewalls should use openBSD
towerful@programming.dev 1 year ago
Why?
I’ve tried to Google this, but it’s such a general statement I can’t find anything about it.
Is it more mature in that regard? Sane/sensible/safe defaults for networking? More tools as part of the distribution for networking?
Did FreeBSD (or it’s predecessor/upstream/whatever) define the standards, so the implementation is more correct?Or is it just that so many firewall applications run on top of FreeBSD (or a BSD flavour) eg opnSense, pfSense, openWRT (is openWRT actually BSD, idk)?
So, kinda a historical/momentum thing. With the benefits of wide spread specific useRolando@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I personally don’t have a lot of experience with this, but here’s a writeup about OpenBSD: nxdomain.no/…/what_every_it_person_needs_to_know_…
LinuxSBC@lemm.ee 1 year ago
OpenBSD is focused on being incredibly secure, and they generally succeed. Firewalls need good security.
Mardoniush@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Nah, industrial and infrastructure should mostly use BSD. And “Never see a command line” consumer OS’s should generally be forks from Linux or other FOSS. Most Linux distros have come a long way and are ready for gaming prime time, but fail the “80 year old grandma who wants to digitise her record collection but is a bit unclear on double-clicking” test.
mustardman@hexbear.net 1 year ago
> every building by zaha hadid
> still not a walkable City
I would not agree
jack@monero.town 1 year ago
Linux itself does nothing for desktop computing, you also need GNU and the rest of the free software suit to better the world
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Linux kernel
Nah bro, chrome OS is fucking ridiculous not to mention android too.
We need the other linux not just kernel.
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Competition and choice is good, it keeps the ecosystem healthy and resilient.
deft@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
how easy is linux? i see so many memes now and i wanna switch but I’m not confident in it
LucyLastic@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Linux Mint is easier to use than Windows
sharkfucker420@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s pretty easy imo if you start with a Debian distro
MrSlicer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can easily try it out by booting from usb.
TechCodecPawx@programming.dev 1 year ago
Start by exploring Linux Mint or ZorinOS… Both are optimized to feel like Windows… You can watch YouTube videos about them to understand what I mean
F04118F@feddit.nl 1 year ago
At the risk of analysis paralysing you… But if you have an Nvidia video card, I would start with Pop!_OS
MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 year ago
I recently tried pop os but gnome did not seem reasonable for me on multiple monitors.
argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 year ago
If you have an NVIDIA video card, I would start with buying AMD or Intel instead. Attempting to use NVIDIA with Linux will result in misery.
Norgur@kbin.social 1 year ago
It was all fun and games until the wifi driver didn't compile...
sj_zero 1 year ago
I mean.... More computers run Linux or gun hurd than virtually any other OS at this point... Virtually every phone, virtually every smart device -- my smart light bulbs run Linux! My ptz camera ran Linux! A lot of smart televisions run Linux!
MrMamiya@feddit.de 1 year ago
If Linux was dominant it wouldn’t be Linux. There would be more pressure to monetize and there would always be someone willing to sell out for that money. You can see this even in the Linux community today. I’m sorry I had to be so negative about it though, it sounds nice.
Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 1 year ago
Maybe it should say, “If the world went open source, and capitalism went away.”
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Even fantasy should have some limits folks c’mon now
IcedCoffeeBitch@beehaw.org 1 year ago
At least it would be GPL tho.
docAvid@midwest.social 1 year ago
Who, exactly, do you think would “sell out for money”, and why would they have the power to do so? Linux is huge, and the pressure to monetize is there now. Plenty of people have been trying to monetize Linux - and in many cases, succeeding - for decades now. Why do you think being dominant would change that?