Post #2095344
2026-05-06 17:01 UTC
Did not known what Linux had a philosophy or ideology.
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@StrawberryPigtails@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-06 17:13
There have been many over the years. When I first discovered linux (shortly before linux 2.6 was released) it was RTFM (read the f*ing manual " and “each tool should do only one thing”.
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@beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 2026-05-07 04:02
There are some things that can be described as philosophy of Linux (e.g. “don’t break userspace”, “I only care about the code”), but the idea that “Linux is about [freedom|choice|privacy|openness]” is entirely mythological. It’s just a neat free software operating system kernel that has been used to build operating systems, many of which are free software.