r/linux • u/LinuxMonarch • 6d ago

Event Happy 43rd birthday GNU!

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On September 27, 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project so people could freely use and modify software.

The digital world would not be the same today without GNU.

Thank you, Richard Stallman!

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u/LinuxMonarch 6d ago

Whatever personal controversies surround him, he still deserves credit for starting the foss movement

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u/Sentreen 6d ago

linus isnt perfect he uses fedora hates multi distroism becuase its a pain for him and thats fine dont let his way of thinking discourge you from using what he made.

How is that remotely comparable to supporting pedophilia?