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* The Beating Heart of GNU/LinuxFarley Flud
`* Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/LinuxDFS
 `* Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/LinuxJoel
  +- Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/LinuxDFS
  `- Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/LinuxLawrence D'Oliveiro

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Subject: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
From: Farley Flud
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:55 UTC
From: ff@linux.rocks (Farley Flud)
Subject: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
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At the very core, the beating heart, of any GNU/Linux installation
or distro are two magnificent software packages: Glibc and Gcc.

Consulting the documentation for these absolutely essential packages
one finds a common name:

Dr. Richard M. Stallman

Yes, Stallman has been as crucial to GNU/Linux as Linus Torvalds,
yet he remains relatively unsung.

Let us rectify this immediately.

All rise! All Hail!

Hail Dr. Richard M. Stallman! Without his selfless work we'd all
be irretrievably stuck in the fetid swamp of proprietary software.

--
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.

Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
From: DFS
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:00 UTC
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From: nospam@dfs.com (DFS)
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Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
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On 8/18/2024 10:55 AM, Lameass Larry wrote:

> At the very core, the beating heart, of any GNU/Linux installation
> or distro are two magnificent software packages: Glibc and Gcc.
>
> Consulting the documentation for these absolutely essential packages
> one finds a common name:
>
> Dr. Richard M. Stallman
>
> Yes, Stallman has been as crucial to GNU/Linux as Linus Torvalds,
> yet he remains relatively unsung.
>
> Let us rectify this immediately.
>
> All rise! All Hail!
>
> Hail Dr. Richard M. Stallman! Without his selfless work we'd all
> be irretrievably stuck in the fetid swamp of proprietary software.

Give him a Hawk Tuah, Feeb!

Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
From: Joel
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:35 UTC
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From: joelcrump@gmail.com (Joel)
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Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:35:31 -0400
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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>On 8/18/2024 10:55 AM, Lameass Larry wrote:
>
>> At the very core, the beating heart, of any GNU/Linux installation
>> or distro are two magnificent software packages: Glibc and Gcc.
>>
>> Consulting the documentation for these absolutely essential packages
>> one finds a common name:
>>
>> Dr. Richard M. Stallman
>>
>> Yes, Stallman has been as crucial to GNU/Linux as Linus Torvalds,
>> yet he remains relatively unsung.
>>
>> Let us rectify this immediately.
>>
>> All rise! All Hail!
>>
>> Hail Dr. Richard M. Stallman! Without his selfless work we'd all
>> be irretrievably stuck in the fetid swamp of proprietary software.
>
>Give him a Hawk Tuah, Feeb!

Say what you will about Larry, but Torvalds and Stallman are heroic
figures. Linux is literally the only meaningful alternative to a
commercial system.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
From: DFS
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Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
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On 8/18/2024 2:35 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 8/18/2024 10:55 AM, Lameass Larry wrote:
>>
>>> At the very core, the beating heart, of any GNU/Linux installation
>>> or distro are two magnificent software packages: Glibc and Gcc.
>>>
>>> Consulting the documentation for these absolutely essential packages
>>> one finds a common name:
>>>
>>> Dr. Richard M. Stallman
>>>
>>> Yes, Stallman has been as crucial to GNU/Linux as Linus Torvalds,
>>> yet he remains relatively unsung.
>>>
>>> Let us rectify this immediately.
>>>
>>> All rise! All Hail!
>>>
>>> Hail Dr. Richard M. Stallman! Without his selfless work we'd all
>>> be irretrievably stuck in the fetid swamp of proprietary software.
>>
>> Give him a Hawk Tuah, Feeb!
>
>
> Say what you will about Larry, but Torvalds and Stallman are heroic
> figures.

Stallman is a deranged pig.

I wrote him, asking for clarification about his statement on censorship
of child porn:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
When making pornography involves real abuse of real children, those who
distribute it under a business relationship with the abusers arguably
participate in the abuse. They could be prosecuted for doing so.
However, that does not excuse censorship. No matter how disgusting
published works might be, censorship is more disgusting.

https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

He refused to answer.

> Linux is literally the only meaningful alternative to a
> commercial system.

FreeBSD and OpenBSD are also Unix-like alternatives, but they require
more knowledge and effort to install than Linux or Windows.

KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Mate, Cinnamon and LXQt are available for FreeBSD.

Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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From: ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
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Subject: Re: The Beating Heart of GNU/Linux
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On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:35:31 -0400, Joel wrote:

> Linux is literally the only meaningful alternative to a
> commercial system.

Who says Linux isn’t “commercial”?

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