Consumerists and closed source software ignoramuses have killed /g/.

you don't say

>>58498514
Open source is shit.

I warned you dawg

>>58498514
Fucking Stallmanites have killed this board.
They don't even know they are a large part of why computing is in deep shit right now.

>>58498651
>at best 2% of total marketshare
>computing is in deep shit because of the 2%

Nah it's the braindead consumerists and /g/ is to the brim filled with them.

>give me my autism board back reeeee

>>58498687
I was referring to the cultural reach, not the Linux marketshare.

>>58498599
open source != FOSS

>>58498651
>They don't even know they are a large part of why computing is in deep shit right now.
lol, if it wasn't for Free Software, computing would be fucked, you'd have tons of closed source, proprietary shit out there

>>58498688
where do you think you are?

/g/ is a tech enthusiast board. Innovation does not come from free software/hardware. It comes from corporations, consumerism and the FREE market.

>>58498781

>Shit is good if it's free

Kill yourself underage freetard.

>>58498823
>>Shit is good if it's free
>I don't know what free software means
retard
>>>/out/

this board would be a million times better without the irrelevant stallman worshipping freetards

>>58498514
>technology board
>can only speak about old hardware, mechanical watches and inferior open source software
>"technology"

>>58498999
What would you do if you were the steve jobs of /g/

>>58499013
remove stallman from the sticky and put Terry

>>58499013
make a containment board for linux autists alone

>>58499024
There already is a containment board for people like you >>>/v/

>>58499024
/g/ IS the containment board.
We need a /tech/ board for non autistic tech lovers.

>>58499024
>>>/fa

>>58499252
Aka normalfag that like to buy retarded overpriced niche tech like a hair brush that connects to wifi and shill you hair product by determining if you hair break via the built in mic

>>58498599
>best software of all relevant categories are much better than proprietary software
Really makes you think

>>58499552
Nope

>>58499505
Get out of your basement, stupid nerd.

>>58498514
How do we fix /g/? And if we can't, where should I go now? Is reddit the only refuge now?

>>58500075
>Is reddit the only refuge now?

/g/ manages to be even worse than reddit now
It's basically nvidia fags vs ati fags vs linux fags vs windows fags vs apple fags.

Lainchan /lambda/ is interesting, but it's a slow board.

>>58499552
>generic statement instead of actually giving examples where open source trumps proprietary software
Loving Every Laugh

>>58500190
I haven't been to lainchan in a couple months, what happened to the index of boards along the top?

>>58500244
appleman thought it should be removed for some reason

notable boards: /feels/, /tech/, /sec/, /q/, /r/, /mega/, /random/.

>>58500282
I guess it makes it more of a sekrit club

Last time I was there they nuked /cyb/, I'll keep those ones in mind though, thanks

>>58499552
photoshop is free and open source?

>>58498978
Except for the fact this is the Stallman board.

>>58500349
>>photoshop is free and open source?
>photoshop
>good software
lots of features != good software

>>58500349
>le photoshop meme
It has less users than Linux

>>58500349
GIMP will do 99% of what most users need to do in photo editing

>>58500423
Maybe.
Professionals use photoshop, though.

>>58500446
>less than a million people actually need what photoshop only provides

>>58500075
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>>58500483

And?

>>58500483
tempting, though I might just try to make some higher quality threads in an attempt to drive the discussion to topics worth discussing. There's no use complaining about the people here if we're not actually contributing anything ourselves

/g/ what's your position on open source vs. free software?
I appreciate Stallman's doing but I think it's too extreme for current situation.

>>58500220
Firefox and chromium
VLC and MPV
Gnome and KDE
Linux kernel
Android mobile OS
Transmission and qBittorrent
Gparted
Unreal engine 4, Godot, Cocos2D x
GCC
Clementine music player
7zip
Eclipse
KolourPaint, Pinta and GIMP
Kodi media center

What exactly is wrong with closed source software

>>58500561
You don't know exactly what it does and is mostly used for malicious purposes.

>>58500538
I agree with Stallman on his points about Open Source, in that it 'misses the point' of why free software is important.

>>58500561
You have no way of knowing what the program is doing. It opens the door for spying and general rights abuses

>>58500541

Half of them are shit, the other half are made by multibillion companies.

>>58500567
False

>>58500608
Wrong

>>58500625
>t. cannot into disassembly

>>58500643
Go ahead and disassemble Windows 10 and get back to me with what you find

>>58500666
>Go ahead and disassemble Windows 10 and get back to me with what you find

I find joy and happiness

>>58500567
>You don't know exactly what it does and is mostly used for malicious purposes.

That's an excuse freetards love to use.
If you are worried about your computer phoning home, well disconnect the phone.

>b-but Stallman said a different thing

Stallman says a lot of autistic bullshit

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>>58498514
/v/ toddlers and Microsoft killed /g/

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>>58500913
fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine

>>58500594
>the other half are made by multibillion companies.
So?
Isn't it the case with "leading" proprietary software usually?
Why do you insist on comparing just the obscure neck-beard solo projects to software made by rich companies?
Maybe compare similar sized projects and you will see that foss projects usually do better than proprietary ones.

>>58501179
>Maybe compare similar sized projects and you will see that foss projects usually do better than proprietary ones.

>citation needed

No, the Cathedral and the Bazaar is not an authorative reference

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>>58501230
>ugh u not compare the good half, dey rich so do gud sofft-warez
>post broof or i gonn call de poliz
:^)

>>58501337
>no arguments

as always

>>58501442
you never provided any to start with. you argument is "hurr foss is shit because i say so" or
>>58498599
to be specific
Prove it, post similar sized projects that are better and proprietary.
>inb4 comparing gimp to photoshop or corel to inkscape
even mpv vs mpc-hc is meme tier because its comparing 13 year old software to 3 year old software that has to use only open source libraries for proper playback. And it does that better desu.

>>58501562
>Prove it, post similar sized projects that are better and proprietary.

Windows vs Linux

>>58501625
based on what exacly? also its NT vs Linux desu

>>58501645
>based on what exacly?

Subjectivity.
You have to establish metrics first.
For most metrics Windows would win (especially on the desktop).

>>58501685
>whats a better base for an embedded zfs terminal with gnu coreutils for a fridge?
>whats a better router os
>whats runs gimp faster
linux 3 windows 0
objective tests prove that linux is the superior os

>>58501742
only 3?

>>58500423
GIMP has great technical features but the interface is absolute shit
and it lacks basic convenience features like selecting/moving multiple layers

>>58501761
its the holy number anon. You are not a cia nigger are you?

>>58501790
>You are not a cia nigger are you?

You would be surprised by the answer

>>58501811
well i know one half of the answer.

>>58501830
probably the wrong one

>>58499912
>Nerd

Fuck off reddit normalfag no one cares about you IoT new tech

>>58501882
NERD

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Seconded. Ayymd with its shit killed /g/

>>58501903
How is being a nerd a bad thing?

>>58501923
>How is being a genetic dead end a bad thing?

>>58501923
>utistic ugly beta cuckold which will attract no woman throughout his life

>>58501959
>>58501946
Nice display of intellegence. I've not had these problems you listed. Try again.

define "consumerist"

>>58499024
Isn't that /diy/?

>>58499552
>What is MS Office
>What is Windows
>What is Photoshop
>What is VMware
ect.

Name ONE open source software that is better than it's close source counterpart.

>>58498514
Jokes on you, I've pirated literally everything for the last 5 years even if I could buy it without a problem

>>58503861
Windows isn't good. And MS Office isn't better than Libre in any way.
>inb4 reading MS Office formats
This is irrelevant

>photoshop
Nobody said it's not, but only a minority needs a professional software like that.