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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 18:52:26 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Do you agree? #opensource #linux #programming #devlife #devops

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:08:21 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • WiseMagic ☑️

     @WiseMagic Valid point, but expecting FLOSS devs to always fix everything for free isn't realistic. Just like most of us need plumbers or mechanics, sometimes you need to pay for software expertise. The problem with truly free code is it can lead folks to undervalue the time and skill behind it. You know FLOSS Devs gotta eat too, right? Just something to think about.

   • WiseMagic ☑️ (wisemagic@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:08:27 JST WiseMagic ☑️

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     @nixCraft

     All well and good except probably 80% of users aren't developers and have no idea what to do with any code.

     If it doesn't work out of the box, trash it and move on to something else.

     Users shouldn't be debuggers.

   • Tadeo D'Oria 🇦🇷 💚🧡 (rekkert@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:29:58 JST Tadeo D'Oria 🇦🇷 💚🧡

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     @nixCraft Depends on the context, there are a lot of Linux tools out there that expect you to build from source because they assume Linux user = programmer, even tools aimed at designers are sometimes presented that way on their websites.

     As a non-programmer it's rather bothersome, I have to ignore those tools and go somewhere else (sometimes non-foss alternatives), all because the dev couldn't forsee a non-programmer user.

   • Charlie (boscozebra@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 22:05:06 JST Charlie

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     @nixCraft maybe? I get the message, I think, but it’s phrased like an asshole would say it. …. Pass?

   • Matt (wizard3rdclass@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 01:43:14 JST Matt

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     @nixCraft 100%

   • João Victor Silva (silvajoao@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 04:17:06 JST João Victor Silva

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     @nixCraft Agree. Rich Hickey (creator of Clojure language) made some good points about open source. https://gist.github.com/richhickey/1563cddea1002958f96e7ba9519972d9

   • DuckyVanDuckduck (heschy@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 21:14:10 JST DuckyVanDuckduck

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     @nixCraft We should force every developer to provide their Apps also as .exe Files. Of course, they should not have to change the code, just give us an .exe: So many Windows users will get confused when their programs dont run because "linux.boot was not found" when opening nautilus.exe 🤣

     P.s.: I know its not called linux.boot