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minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·5 months agoAnd here I am, marking unfree software as installable as the first thing I do on any distro.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoOh, agreed. There are definitely people who can live without unfree software. Me, I can’t do without Steam and Lutris.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThe NixOS default config has allowUnfree set to false, so it’s not always opt-in
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoThat sounds changeable and off by default. So how come you wouldn’t say that is opt-in?
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoUnfree apps are not allowed by default. You have to opt in to allow them.
minus-squareI'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoI’ll absolutely take FLOSS if I can get it, but failing that, FOSS is still a nice improvement over closed-source software.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoLibre, which is synonymous with free. I think it’s more free in some way? I’m not sure, but I think it means free as in doesn’t cost anything. Whereas FOSS means free as in open and modifiable, but the maintainer(s) might still charge for it.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoIts French for “free”, as in freedom. Free is ambiguous and can also mean free of charge.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoI think those are backwards
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI thought they might be… you’re probably right.
minus-squareI'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoLibre means “with little or no restriction,” whereas Gratis means “at no monetary cost."
And here I am, marking unfree software as installable as the first thing I do on any distro.
It’s good that it’s opt in
Oh, agreed. There are definitely people who can live without unfree software. Me, I can’t do without Steam and Lutris.
The NixOS default config has allowUnfree set to false, so it’s not always opt-in
That sounds changeable and off by default. So how come you wouldn’t say that is opt-in?
Unfree apps are not allowed by default. You have to opt in to allow them.
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I’ll absolutely take FLOSS if I can get it, but failing that, FOSS is still a nice improvement over closed-source software.
What does the L stand for
Libre, which is synonymous with free.
I think it’s more free in some way? I’m not sure, but I think it means free as in doesn’t cost anything. Whereas FOSS means free as in open and modifiable, but the maintainer(s) might still charge for it.
Its French for “free”, as in freedom. Free is ambiguous and can also mean free of charge.
I think those are backwards
I thought they might be… you’re probably right.
Libre means “with little or no restriction,” whereas Gratis means “at no monetary cost."