Comment by 🚀 stack
Re: "I feel myself becoming more and more of a tech separatist…"
I think there will be plenty of top of the line I9 PCs and licensing will not be an issue.
Feb 21 · 2 months ago
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I'm fairly torn honestly. I'm very much against gatekeeping, & making newcomers feel unwelcome, but on the flipside it's saddening seeing niche communities experiencing influx of low effort memeish content, & can sense the eye rolling & general wincing from core contributors.
As with most things, there's likely a middle ground. I 100% agree with the notion that a critical mass rarely needs to be reached, or that an appeal to the popular needs to ever be made. Though I believe that ethos shouldn't overshadow being somewhat welcoming to newbs.
— https://reform.debian.net/d-i/
U-Boot for all platforms shipped by MNT require non-free material in the form of DDR training blobs, ARM trusted firmware blobs, WiFi/BT firmware and/or HDMI/eDP firmware.
not free enough, not expensive enough
— https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/TL2WK2/purchase.html
Original Post
I feel myself becoming more and more of a tech separatist as time goes on. Not only do I like alternative tech-related things like Gemini or OpenBSD for example, but I would also prefer that these types of things never become mainstream, because it seems as though that once you cross that line, it's only a matter of time before it gets ruined for being too crowded. At least OpenBSD refuses to appease anyone outside the project and I don't really foresee Gemini appealing to the masses either. I...