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“Just switch to Linux” used to be advice reserved for super-nerds on obscure forums, but these days it’s far less intimidating. Give it a try. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...

eff.orgHow to Opt Out of the Major Operating SystemsYou can toggle every setting in the world and install two dozen different applications, but there’s no way around the fact that the majority of computers out there come with one of three different

20/10/26, 5:03 pm75 reposts225 likes

GhostWire Secure

@ghostwiresecure.bsky.social

Fedora is awesome, once you try it, and go back to try windows you will ask youself why you took so long to swap.

Keith Walsh

@ktwalsh.bsky.social

Did this a few months ago after Microsoft updates refused to. I'm not going back.

Janet Sternberg

@janetphd.bsky.social

I switched to the Ubuntu flavor of Linux in 2008 and never looked back. Not a programmer or developer either, just someone tired of corporate overlords dictating my computer use.

void

@voidnil.bsky.social

But... Linux (at least the kernel) is also primarily made by big tech. The problem is not "big tech", but the lack of basic freedoms.

bachschrat

@bachschrat.bsky.social

Still have fond memories of trying to get an alpha version of a Red Hat port to run on my Acorn RiscPC. 😵😜 Things got a bit easier since then.