We have this “meritocratic” right wing christian “centrist” relishing in the fact that Debian has gone political & is now struggling because the devs don’t want to work for them.

I was wondering if some of nice people could share your opinions on it, especially on his solutions.

MY OPINION:

“Getting political” in these ways is both useful & a good idea. NO ONE & NO organizational body is neutral. Even just in internal day to day interactions, taking clear political policy like this is one step in preventing an environment from degenerating into one that is toxic & bigoted.<br> This doesn’t even have to be a right vs left issue. No one in their right minds should want to be racist or homophobic or allow an environment that promotes such a culture.

Also, being an open-source supporter & any level of rightwing is self-contradicting. Private property is the cornerstone of capitalist ideology & free software fundamentally twists information property against itself, turning the freed software into a commons. Left wing is far more meritocratic than right wing.

  • pasdechance@jlai.luEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I was about to watch when I realized who it was. To be honest, many of the Linux YouTubers have turned me off for different reasons, but I never enjoyed this guy’s videos and I’m not the only one…

    I guess I should watch this to give a decent opinion. Other distros are just as political and decisions reflect their stance (like how Alpine doesn’t include Xlibre for reasons). As it stands, I’m fine with that.

    I am unaware of the particularities surrounding the Debian situation, so I’ll still need to play catch up.

    • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      Trafotin is also not a trust-worthy source to use. This is the same guy that berates forking & attacked Debian & gives horrible privacy & security advices & censors dissent.

      There’s a reason his co-ordinated attack didn’t work. But he is right about STL.

      • pasdechance@jlai.luEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Oh for sure, they can be aggravating but I haven’t watched any of their vids in over a year. I wouldn’t take their advice the same as how I wouldn’t want anyone to take my advice. Just because someone says they work in IT doesn’t mean they do, right? I used to work in a pharmacy and people would ask me for medical advice when they saw me in town, but I didn’t work in the dispensary. I knew the answer to their question, but I was not going to risk it.