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How did you get into libre software? And also, why aren't you posting on c/libre on hexbear? /hj
years ago I was getting a Info Tech tradeschool/cert thing and one of the profs there was a big cybersec nerd and was like, "check out Linux" and gave me an Ubuntu 9.10 disc. I went home and tossed it on a machine and realized real fast that there was a whole ass world out there that did all the shit that Windows and proprietary paywalled software did but for free. It blew my mind.
Ironically this is the point that I also started to become radicalized. Just the realization that information not only could be free but should be free. I used this as a lens for when I started college and took a bunch of polysci and econ classes. From that perspective capitalism and consumerism just all seemed like complete bullshit. I usually state to people that I started college as a Dem and left as a Soc, though I was still a reformist. A few years later after the deprogramming/deconstructing happened for me, I finally made it over to revolutionary.
So thanks FOSS!
Will join c/libre. Didn't know it existed. I just finally migrated full time over to HB from Lemmygrad and am slowly filtering my comms lol.