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minus-squareElena Rossini ⁂linkfedilink4•7 days ago@solrize I have accounts on Lemmy, PieFed and Mbin. Wrote about them this summer https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/ 🤗 these days I’m mostly using #Lemmy and I really really enjoy it
minus-square@solrizelinkEnglish2•7 days agoIt’s great to see you here, but you should have been around for Usenet. :)
minus-squareElena Rossini ⁂linkfedilink2•7 days ago@solrize someone here told me about the concept of Eternal September (I think it was @nimi) and I was so fascinated by it, I ended down a Usenet rabbit hole… which prompted me to get a Raspberry Pi 5, install Ubuntu on it and begin to learn Linux 🤗
minus-square@solrizelinkEnglish2•edit-27 days agoBy the way, if you want to learn about free software as a political movement, you should check into the history of the GNU project.
minus-square@solrizelinkEnglish2•7 days agoThis book (free downloads available) is a good start: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software,_Free_Society
minus-square@solrizelinkEnglish2•7 days agoNice! But Usenet is almost dead now. 30 years ago it was like Reddit without advertising and without Spez :). I think you’re doing the right thing having your own site. Lemmy has its attractions but is disappointing in some ways.
@solrize I have accounts on Lemmy, PieFed and Mbin. Wrote about them this summer https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/ 🤗 these days I’m mostly using #Lemmy and I really really enjoy it
It’s great to see you here, but you should have been around for Usenet. :)
@solrize someone here told me about the concept of Eternal September (I think it was @nimi) and I was so fascinated by it, I ended down a Usenet rabbit hole… which prompted me to get a Raspberry Pi 5, install Ubuntu on it and begin to learn Linux 🤗
By the way, if you want to learn about free software as a political movement, you should check into the history of the GNU project.
@solrize will do, thanks! 🙏
This book (free downloads available) is a good start:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software,_Free_Society
@solrize thank you! 🙏
Nice! But Usenet is almost dead now. 30 years ago it was like Reddit without advertising and without Spez :).
I think you’re doing the right thing having your own site. Lemmy has its attractions but is disappointing in some ways.