the closes i’ve ever come to it was retrofitting intel’s e100 driver to work w offbrand hardware and it took me weeks and i had access to the source and addresses of the hardware; i can’t imagine how hard it would be to start with less.

i suppose it was considering the libertarian-esque knee jerk reactionary impetus that came a result of the influence of its initial creators. e.g. stallman.

considering that they want you to use systemd to do this makes it clear that the decision was made for you; you can spend your time trying to understand why the decision was made, but at the end of the day, the decision still stands.

i prefer to light a candle than curse the darkness – or try to figure out why it’s dark, in this case.

how about switching to another init system or debian based distro that fits your needs?

the definition of “easterner” also seems to have a hegemony of its own. a majority of latin americans likewise have an undeniably strong american influence; but they share this eastern definition of the word “american”.

however a majority of the world who share the non-anglocentric definition of the word “american” are literally in the east; so it defaults to an eastern-centric definition despite a sizeable minority share of its subscribers in latin-america being more closely aligned w the west.

i was thinking how i have to code switch the name “american” based on the audience and it made me wonder if this was one of the defining characteristics of all westerners.

the anglosphere is probably the primary driver of the definition of “america” as you described it in your comment and your culture’s sociopolitical alignment depends on how much in common your idea of “america” matches the anglosphere’s definition of “america”.

in other words, the less your definition of “america” has we the anglosphere’s definition of “america”; the more eastern you are.

my professional experience in this field for the last 22 years has taught me that a overwhelming majority of the professionals of this community are members of the american/yankee aligned labor aristocracy; that should inform you of their perspectives when it comes to individualistic behavior and shared gains.

nevertheless – as it is in the real world – there are still many who believe in collectivism and also believe that we can apply our craft to build helpful/needful technology-based improvements to the human condition.

linux and it foss ecosystem was one of the most recent achievements of these efforts and my comment was intended to lament that it’s taken it’s first step towards becoming another capitalist tool.

i understand what yankee means and my use of the word “american” here was intentional.

yes, the yankee gov’t has captured linux.

a significant portion of the people in this community don’t know the word “yankee” but they’re capable of understanding it and to express the idea to them, you have to use words or expressions that fit the context this group’s frame of reference so that they can fully understand the idea you’re trying to express without it getting lost in translation; the people who exist at the intersection of multiple identities call it “code switching”.

My newest one is as impulsive as I am so the digressions he tasks me with have stalled out long term development plans, yet he’s oblivious enough of the situation to seriously ask why progress is taking so long every year during reviews.

didn’t want to run into smth and need to switch

That’s where I am. I failed at switching to other things because vim has become muscle memory for me

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They rolled over on the American government’s demand to expell Russian contributors like puppies begging for a treat.

Linux has become as captured as any Western institution.

that was the most worrying part of it to me; nothing is safe from ai apparently.

i was under the impression that fdroid was going to be hit hard by this since most of their apps are noncompliant w this change; how am i wrong?

the graphene people never fail to stir pot. lol

they not wrong, but there’s better ways to inform other people.

what led you to this conclusion?

How did Ubuntu fail their newest release?

i’m glad to see more bsd stuff here and dissapointed to see the redditors downvote it nothing.

this can’t be true! i was told that there was no controversy over systemd co-option of the inits!!! lol

my only gripe is that it does too much; more than an init system should be doing and i got to experience this first hand when i had to add a bunch of containers to systemd to use them.

there’s nothing more important than being right on the internet. lol