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To: fireman15
You seem to be a conspiracy zealot.

Didn't Earn It (DEI) is ruining everything but, there is _always_ a but, The Linux Foundation is _NOT_ Linux.

It's lipstick for a pig.

Most “humans” are lax on security if their environment is safe enough for electronic devices to be common.

Slackware user since 1994 or so.
Unlike most I do take full responsibility for my security.
That does not imply it is fantastic just that I take responsibility.

You paint fellow FR users with a wide brush and single yourself out for narrow brush treatment IMHO.

In other news 6.10-rc3 is available :-)

60 posted on 06/09/2024 7:32:14 PM PDT by Hermes37
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To: Hermes37
You seem to be a conspiracy zealot.

Didn't Earn It (DEI) is ruining everything but, there is _always_ a but, The Linux Foundation is _NOT_ Linux.

I never claimed that The Linux Foundation is Linux. Far from it... It seems like you did not read the post that you are supposedly responding to.

“I have posted the Linux Foundation's current “Diversity & Inclusivity” statement to try and demonstrate that they are on the same wavelength as the big tech organizations that provide nearly all of their funding. If you look at the funding and income streams for all of the major Linux distributions you will find the same type of thing.”

“The scary thing about Linux distributions is that their ownership, contributors, and motives are more difficult to trace and figure out than those of Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Intel, Google and others. The related security concerns and determining who is actually responsible when bad actors manage to exploit or even contribute vulnerabilities are not clear.”

“I have done quite a bit of research on this over the years and it is always scary. Linux proponents here and just about everywhere else tend to be extremely naive when it comes to the security of their systems. The same major corporations and government agencies that they believe that they are thwarting by using Linux are typically major contributors to Linux development. And they are not doing it from the goodness of their heart... they are doing it because they expect to get a return on their investment.”

If you believe that makes me a “conspiracy zealot”... that indicates to me that you are someone who likely attacks anyone who says anything that you perceive as being negative toward Linux. The vast majority of R/D work being done on nearly all distributions are being funded by corporate and sometimes government interests. The myth that most of this work is being done by altruistic computer geeks is just plain silly in this day and age.

65 posted on 06/09/2024 9:24:15 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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