Richard Stallman ruined my computing. I want to thank him for it.

When I moved my computing to GNU+Linux in February I still didn’t have a clue about the change of thinking that was coming for me in the next six months. And, frankly, I’ve got Richard Stallman to thank for that. Once I began tapping into his many articles and speeches, my entire understanding of my personal computing shifted to the degree...

#Apple#Google#Computing#FSF#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-15.html

@dennyhenke Great post! Esp. love this:

> Perhaps I needed to see the larger shift of America under Trump 2.0 to fully reckon with the dystopian dark-side of ever-present computing devices with location tracking. All of my data: my location, my phone calls, my photos, my documents, my passwords, my heartrate, my sleeping schedule, my voice, my fingerprints, my face. Fuck, fuck, fuck.