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submitted 1 month ago by samuelblock to c/[email protected]

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I’m a huge nerd, so the reason I joined Lemmy is because I was looking for a social media platform that conforms with my views on FOSS, moderation, and internet privacy. I would assume many other people are in the same boat, but is that accurate? Who’s just here because they looked up “Reddit alternatives?”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I was formally studying Software Development before I came here, and yeah, I've been a sort of techie for the better part of 24 years. Been a LiGNUx user for probably a combined 18 years. If it wasn't for FOSS I probably would have lost interest long ago, because when I recently tried out some new hobbies I was shocked as I was reminded how much other basic activities cost to seriously engage in. I also happened to migrate from that other website you mentioned, but that's not important. I really wanted to simply find other forums that weren't based on one centralized website. Lemmy is kind of a compromise with that for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i never heard someone using the term LiGNUx, is it some new way of saying GNU/Linux?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

it's an alternative to GNU/Linux proposed by Richard Stallman. I use it because I don't want to write out as much and I still want to differentiate from my use of Android's OS which is also technically Linux but it's not GNU.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What would you call Alpine Linux?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it's an outlier for sure. I don't think I have a specific use-case for it as a distro but I do find it more respectable than Android.