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yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> writes:

Facebook Flags Linux Topics As Cybersecurity Threats <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked>

Is facebook even trying to sell the idea that facebook will be a
crackers-free cyberspace?

No cracker is at facebook.

Facebook totally misses the mark and thinks of itself in an high
unrealistic way.
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Facebook totally misses the mark and thinks of itself in an high
unrealistic way.

No I think it's far simpler than that. 'Linux is a tiny percentage of
users.' 'Linux users have a higher proportion of users who block our
intrusive malware desguised as ads.' 'I shall block linux because I
want my users to give me data.'

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Andrew Singleton <singletona082@ctrl-c.club> writes:

Facebook totally misses the mark and thinks of itself in an high
unrealistic way.

No I think it's far simpler than that. 'Linux is a tiny percentage of
users.' 'Linux users have a higher proportion of users who block our intrusive malware desguised as ads.' 'I shall block linux because I
want my users to give me data.'

Maybe.

GNU[0] users are more tech savvy, that is a fact.


[0] GNU is the name of the operating system in question. Linux is just
a kernel and can mean either GNU either Android (and no one makes
the injustice of calling Android as Linux - I wonder why...?).
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keyboardan <keyboardan@tilde.club> wrote:

GNU users are more tech savvy, that is a fact.

I see so much Dunning-Kruger-ish nonsense in Linux MLs, Forums, Usenet,
that I only can contradict.

Meanwhile the average LiGNUx user is just a mouse pusher and does not understand what's going on under the hood.
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:08:45 +0042
yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:

Meanwhile the average LiGNUx user is just a mouse pusher and does not understand what's going on under the hood.

As one of those 'mouse pushers'? I resemble that remark :p

In all seriousness though? Most people just want their things to work
and don't care what's under the hood be it machinery or software. Some
people will be curious enough to try learning a little more for the
sake of learning (This is where I am.) Others know the inner workings
of things well enough to actually, on their own, solve the problem.

Then you have those that know the Deep Magics and can work wonders.


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Andrew Singleton <singletona082@ctrl-c.club> writes:

On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:08:45 +0042
yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:

Meanwhile the average LiGNUx user is just a mouse pusher and does not
understand what's going on under the hood.

As one of those 'mouse pushers'? I resemble that remark :p

In all seriousness though? Most people just want their things to work
and don't care what's under the hood be it machinery or software. Some people will be curious enough to try learning a little more for the
sake of learning (This is where I am.) Others know the inner workings
of things well enough to actually, on their own, solve the problem.

Then you have those that know the Deep Magics and can work wonders.

Yeah Andrew. It is okay to be a mouse pusher. Some people think they
live at the top of the palace, just because they know a lot about
something.

Actually, GNU[0] being able to cater for mouse pushers is actually a good thing, so mouse pushers are welcome in GNU and in Free Software movement.

Let the hate speech be with the hater. Or straighten up the hater (some
are too crooked to be straighten). Whatever.


[0] GNU's Not Unix
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On Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:46:46 +0000
keyboardan <keyboardan@tilde.club> wrote:

Yeah Andrew. It is okay to be a mouse pusher. Some people think they
live at the top of the palace, just because they know a lot about
something.

Such is with all communities. Tiny Kings and Tiny kingdoms. There are
no exceptions. Only variances in volume.

Actually, GNU[0] being able to cater for mouse pushers is actually a
good thing, so mouse pushers are welcome in GNU and in Free Software movement.

I happen to enjoy open source and that those who know the deep magics
of code exist. It allows for organic growth and improvement.
At the same time I am grateful for the day to day interface, as having
an easy onramp is always helpful otherwise it is pointless 'BACK IN MAH
DAY WE HADDA MANUALLY LOAD IN THE BOOTLOADER AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY!'
From experience... No, No you didn't, not if you wanted to actually get
things done. However it is good the old knowledge still exists. It may
prove useful, if not in a practical sense then at the least in a
historical sense for the sake of keeping the knowledge alive so we can
know our digital roots.
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Andrew Singleton <singletona082@ctrl-c.club> writes:

On Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:46:46 +0000
keyboardan <keyboardan@tilde.club> wrote:

Yeah Andrew. It is okay to be a mouse pusher. Some people think they
live at the top of the palace, just because they know a lot about
something.

Such is with all communities. Tiny Kings and Tiny kingdoms. There are
no exceptions. Only variances in volume.

Actually, GNU[0] being able to cater for mouse pushers is actually a
good thing, so mouse pushers are welcome in GNU and in Free Software
movement.

I happen to enjoy open source and that those who know the deep magics
of code exist. It allows for organic growth and improvement.

At the same time I am grateful for the day to day interface, as having
an easy onramp is always helpful otherwise it is pointless 'BACK IN MAH
DAY WE HADDA MANUALLY LOAD IN THE BOOTLOADER AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY!'
From experience... No, No you didn't, not if you wanted to actually get things done. However it is good the old knowledge still exists. It may
prove useful, if not in a practical sense then at the least in a
historical sense for the sake of keeping the knowledge alive so we can
know our digital roots.

Exactly. You touched a key word... "roots".

A GNU user, being able to do such low level stuff, it is not because
that is THE way, or something of similar mindset. It is because GNU has
kept in touch with its roots, not hidding stuff behind some interface.

GNU is able to cater for both the expert and the novice. That is real
power!

Nowadays and all future experts of GNU, will have to go through the
phase of dealing with the more friendly interface, so that mindset of
bringing people down because they don't understand some underlying
mechanic of GNU and Linux, is about to be of the past (becase all will
have to go through the phase of using the nice friendly interface).

On another point, I do went from a huge phase of not knowing much about
GNU, to now, a phase where I am not the BIG expert, but I do know some
stuff about GNU. This is because I am constantly learning, and my past
me is always dumber :-) .
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