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[–] superkret@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I dislike Linux’s “oh no your accidentally installing some proprietary software you silly billy don’t worry I’ve prevented it”.

Wat??

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

They are probably referring to distros that for legal reasons don't include things like Codecs or proprietary drivers and stuff... and then you need to first research how to manually install those, after figuring out that you even need to do that at all...

[–] dodslaser@feddit.nu -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

OP is a silly billy and doesn't know how to properly use Linux.

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's exactly the issue... you need to properly use it. Most people don't, and can't be bothered to when Windows is just pre-installed and mostly doing its job alright...

[–] superkret@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Still I don't even know what OP is referring to. Did they install an FSF-endorsed distro?