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3 days agoBeing proprietary is enough of a reason to refuse it. On top of that, being owned by Facebook is another good reason.
With proprietary software the developer is in control, and in this case the developer is known evil.
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I would say not running Windows is itself a practical benefit. I would also say the four freedoms constitute a very practical benefit (even if the software you’re running on top of the OS is proprietary).
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I go out of my way to look for Linux-libre compatible hardware and everything “just works.” Sure it’s not a gaming rig but I don’t expect it to be. Expecting some random “Linux” to be a drop in replacement for Windows is going to disappoint.
Anyone with an Android device is level 1 by default.
I guess being in this community puts me at least at level 3 by definition. I contributed a package to GNU Guix but I’m not quite a “maintainer” or even a regular contributor to it yet. Maybe I can claim level 5 just by virtue of having contributed to an “advanced” distro.
In “the real world” my mild-mannered alter ego would be level 4 because I use GNU/Linux at my day job.