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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by HYTjfZKV96gUpz on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:22AM (#37700356)
> I happily run entirely free software on my computers

You do? No graphics card? No (good) games? No firmware? And if so, how much of a premium did you pay for the lack of scale from your hardware vendor alone?

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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by a-french-anon on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:57AM (#37700615)
>No (good) games

Quake 3 is still free, you know.

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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by achenet on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:21AM (#37700787)
0AD as well is pretty sweet :)
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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by globular-toast on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:14AM (#37700748)
Intel graphics. Drivers in the kernel. I don't play games. Firmware, probably, but my computer is a computer.

I prefer to look at the positives in life. Literally the biggest companies in the world don't want people to have free software, yet we still do. It's been a hard battle at times. I was there in early 00s when running GNU/Linux sucked in many ways. Now it's an absolute joy.

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