On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 12:04:32PM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote: > > > >> The problem is that people are not told why they should away from i386, and > > > > Of course they are, it's all over the Internet. > > Being pedantic, that’s not the same - and you **should** know that. > IMO there’s a choice to be made - do we (collectively) want to be inclusive > and support all those who don’t know much about computing but want to try an > alternative to Mac/Windows; or do we (collectively) want to stay elitist and > show an attitude that “people should know these things” ?
[cut] Unfortunately, there is no middle-ground here. We have been telling people for years that running proprietary software is potentially harmful for their privacy and security. The result is that 98% (and maybe more) of all the CPUs on this planet run a proprietary operating system with proprietary software. We have been telling people for years that they should sign all their emails and encrypt important data. The result is that strong encryption is used by an ever smaller fraction of users than 10 years ago. We have been telling people that they should use only open formats to store their data. The result is that closed formats and restrictive protocols have become standards accepted by the W3C. We have been telling people for years that online social platforms are used to massively spy on their users. The result is that today those platforms represent 50%-60% of the overall Internet traffic. We have been telling people that systemd is a fatal risk for the entire Linux ecosystem. The result is that systemd has become default in 90% (and maybe more) of Linux distributions. I will continue telling people what I think they should know, but the only way out of ignorance is knowledge, awareness, and individual action. You can't force people to get interested, to learn, to become responsible, to understand, to agree with you, to embrace your personal ideal of freedom. You can just "Act as if the maxims of your action were to become through your will a universal law of nature". And this is not at all elitism: it's just the humble admission that what is "True" for me might not be "THE Truth" for everybody, and that what is important, crucial, fundamental for me might be just bullshit for the rest of the world. And the rest of the world might actually be right... HND KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - Devuan -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ]
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