Notices by Miroslav Kravec (kravemir@hometech.social)

@aral @dangillmor so much of (self)ownership, if tech is owned by corporations monopolies, who are owned by stakeholders with vested interest to control the world.

Things like this confirm, that GNU/FSF vision matters a lot.

@nixCraft what's the context / meaning? I don't get it.

@aral @sovtechfund because corporations don't deliver Linux as a desktop OS as a product / don't provide it to consumers.

Corporations use Linux mostly for servers, or for their internal tools loaded with specific software to do a specific task.

Often, the tasks, for which they use Linux loaded gadgets, require people to not be visually impaired due to nature of work itself and tools just enhance it, and therefore accessibility is irrelevant in their context of use.

@aral @delroth I don't quite get it for this case.

Technology is a tool. In this case - open-source software - non rivalrous public good.

Some technology can be an inherently evil or political tool, i.e. weapons.

But, an open-source operating system (Linux distribution) doesn't have an implicit purpose.

NixOS can be used by all people for everyone's benefit. I don't see how this can be coupled to politics.

It's pretty much a neutral tool (public good), and it's up to user how it's used.

@aral @delroth I have no clue what political afair is happening in NixOS community.

Why can't technology be only about technology without politics?

Especially in #FOSS, which is a public good - everyone benefits from it.

@itsfoss the biggest pain are proprietary formats,...

I don't mind using proprietary software as long as it's fully compatible with open-source software:

- produced data are in (file) format, that can be used without issues with FOSS,

- no proprietary API is used for integrations.

I.e. I don't mind (to buy) proprietary software, that is an interchangeable tool, into which I am not locked-in, and I can seamlessly switch it with a different one if I wanted/needed.

@itsfoss which is not what #Microsoft is doing.

MS tries to lock people into their own proprietary formats.

People can't switch away from it easily - ramped up switching costs.

Pure monopolistic practices.

@aral voluntary migration? It's their home.

Why would they migrate to other countries, where they need to start from the scratch?

And then, assimilate to a different culture and customs? Or, create ghettoes with their own culture, and upset citizens of countries they migrated to?

This is sick,...

@aral I see "Small Tech is peer to peer" in the about page.

Am understanding correctly, that it can be used to make a web application, which is running on NAS in home with non-public IP provided by ISP, available to other people directly?

I would love to use such a thing for private (login required) file and photo sharing web application.