Trying to communicate the value and usefulness of not only FOSS projects but 'fringe' and otherwise non-monolith (see my at-this-point ancient blog post) software is incredibly difficult. lucyvin.com/post/digital... - ThreadSky

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totooria.bsky.social • 49 days ago

Trying to communicate the value and usefulness of not only FOSS projects but 'fringe' and otherwise non-monolith (see my at-this-point ancient blog post) software is incredibly difficult.

https://lucyvin.com/post/digital-self-reliance-primer/

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totooria.bsky.social•49 days ago

Ultimately, people are going to use whatever software is most accessible. This might mean its interoperability with other software in a suite of applications, the availability of software to run, or the ease of use and onboarding.

totooria.bsky.social•49 days ago

There are about a million subtopics within this larger conversation, it's a series in and of itself if someone really wanted to dig into it. The jargon trap, community hostility, etc. all make it very hard to get people who aren't Linux/FOSS/etc. sickos like me to grasp the weight of the problem.

totooria.bsky.social•49 days ago

To be clear, I don't mean that in some 'holier-than-thou' kind of way. I think you should use whatever software works best for you. I also think the companies or groups making that software should /respect/ you. Increasingly, they do not.

totooria.bsky.social•49 days ago

Anyways I wrote a rambly kind of post about this recently that I eventually plan to synthesize into something more cogent, but for now it exists as just another shortish post on my blog. Read if you want.

https://lucyvin.com/post/linux-is-simple

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