2026-09-10 06:12 UTC
Would you trust to install an operating system, that was provided by actual Nazi Germany? Would you install or recommend ANY distribution you don’t trust to someone else?
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@dzsimbo@sopuli.xyz 2026-09-10 16:51
I wouldn’t want to install anything unvetted. But doesn’t open source mean it’s fully transparent? So if the system had tracking and whatnot (which regimes usually like), I wouldn’t install it. If it’s a good fit and there is no fallout for me downloading it (I’m not funding them, not giving them info), I think there is no moral problem with me downloading the software. In this specific case I guess it’s moot, cuz it’s full of slop, but this is the same vein as pop culture consumption: do I hate myself for liking Michael Jackson’s and Morrissey’s music? Should I not pirate it, if it brings me joy? Am I a bad person for liking that music?