Linux is a box of loosely-related tools held together with staples and glue. This is fine when the user understands the tools and is holding the glue bottle, but we need to make a more cohesive, robust, and reliable system out of this before it can accommodate average end-users.
Drew DeVault: What desktop Linux needs to succeed in the mainstream
Where we once had to live with illegally closed-source forks of the Linux kernel, we now have a git repository in which upstream Linux releases are tracked with a series of auditable patches for supporting various devices, many of which are making their way into upstream Linux. Where we once had a forum thread with five wrong answers to the same question on page 112, we now have a bug report on GitLab with a documented workaround and a merge request pending review.
Drew DeVault: postmarketOS revolutionizes smartphone hacking
Heaven wasn't built in a day.
Dès Noël où un zéphyr haï me vêt de glaçons würmiens, je dîne d’exquis rôtis de bœuf au kir à l’aÿ d’âge mûr & cætera!
Haircut fashion is a secret plot to make it harder to distinguish people.