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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015

    People don’t use Linux on their personal computers for the same reason we buy cars, not car engines. Only enthusiasts buy car engines.

    12:33 AM - 5 Aug 2015
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      2. Graham Seaman‏ @navtis 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral bizarre. Linux users not people? And why on earth is linux on desktop, mobile or laptop an 'engine' not a 'car'? Works fine for me.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @navtis

        @navtis Hey Graham, you have a PGP key in your Twitter bio, of course it works well for you ;)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Graham Seaman‏ @navtis 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Sounds like Microsoft in early 2000s - you really believe Linux systems hard to use, only fit for techies etc?

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @navtis

        @navtis Only difference is that I want to see free/independent alternatives succeed. Microsoft has *slightly* different aims.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Graham Seaman‏ @navtis 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral But how do you make them succeed by saying not fit for purpose, unless encouraging improvements? Comes over as FUD, even if not intent

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @navtis

        @navtis Because we must accept that there is a problem before we can solve it. Also doing — early days: https://forum.ind.ie/c/design-and-development …

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      2. chpietsch@chaos.social‏ @ChPietsch 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral My parents use Linux Mint Debian Edition and are happy with it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @ChPietsch

        @ChPietsch Did they buy the hardware and install it themselves? Or did someone do it for them?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. chpietsch@chaos.social‏ @ChPietsch 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Yeah, I installed Linux on their old PC.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @ChPietsch

        @ChPietsch Bingo :) We can’t compete w walking into a store & buying A Thing That Just Works if we need to ship a Chris w every one of ours.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. chpietsch@chaos.social‏ @ChPietsch 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You could ship Things That Just Work with Linux pre-installed. No Chris needed then IMHO.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @ChPietsch

        @ChPietsch Yep. @Puri_sm look like they’re going in that direction. But also the whole ecosystem.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      8. Purism‏ @Puri_sm 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @ChPietsch It has to be the whole ecosystem. No #trapdoors no #backdoors anywhere -- chip by chip, app by app.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. End of conversation
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      2. Aimee Maree‏ @aimee_maree 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I mean ok 10years ago but seriously my wacomm tablet works under Ubuntu and fedora plug and play needs to download drivers for Windows

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aimee Maree‏ @aimee_maree 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aimee_maree

        @aral and the year of Linux on the desktop came and went it was called Android and it has a market share

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aimee_maree

        @aimee_maree Yep, and it is spyware. (Not AOSP, but Google Play Services — what regular folks use when they use “Android”.)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aimee Maree‏ @aimee_maree 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral that's the difference with ASOP and iOS at least with ASOP you have access to a Linux kernel if you want to get techncial

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aimee_maree

        @aimee_maree Indeed. And yet you’re not using it to being with unless you’re Aimee’s friend and had it set up for you :)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Aimee Maree‏ @aimee_maree 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral no there's online tutorials what we need to change is a culture of convinence to one of makers and tinkers

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aimee_maree

        @aimee_maree I have to disagree. I see that approach as the problem. Same person can be tinkerer, a regular consumer, & a business user.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Aimee Maree‏ @aimee_maree 5 Aug 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral so roll your own kernel ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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