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1. ⚪ the lynne creacher (lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space)'s status on Monday, 14-Jan-2019 20:51:23 EST ⚪ the lynne creacher

   "i use linux as my operating system," i state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. he swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision.
   "actually," he says with a grin, "linux is just the kernel. you use GNU+linux."
   i don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "i use alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. it's linux, but it's not GNU+linux."

   the smile quickly drops from the man's face. his body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth as he drop to the floor with a sickly thud. as he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!"
   coolly, i reply "if windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" i interrupt his response with "and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. even if you were correct, you won't be for long."

   with a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. he lies on the floor, cold and limp. i've womansplained him to death.

   1. Alexandre Oliva (lxoliva@social.libreplanetbr.org)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jan-2019 10:13:46 EST Alexandre Oliva

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      wow, really, someone actually set out to make a GNU/Linux distro without GNU? (and failed miserably at that, after a quick peek at the package list)
      so much hate, so much confusion and misunderstanding, and for what? to deny GNU its place in the history of the development of the system they use?
   2. Ben Zanin (gnomon@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2019 14:08:54 EDT Ben Zanin

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      @lynnesbian jebus, this was a journey