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Apart from that I am looking for a solution to a personal issue (see my other comment), I posted this because I was thinking this could be a great way to support other new Linux users and friends.

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[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 day ago (6 children)

There was a bit of controversy about them a couple of years back that put me off.

  • They used to disable Wayland and force X11 - that was a pain.
  • They didn't fully open source all components I think.
  • There was some concerns about where it was being developed, I think it's entirely Chinese devs.
[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Yep, as for the last point: the problem was not so much the devs but data going through a Chinese server

[–] tekato@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

You can use your own server.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 1 points 17 hours ago

So, but what is the current state of this issue? Any plans to move it to a GNUnited Nations server?

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