throwaway08320
That's a hard pass for me!
Evidently you don't have dataset far exceeding the amount of RAM you can afford.
For a good example look at LMDB.
> Listen every large organization becomes a leftist surveillance state
You seem very confused.
This is plain false. While it's impossible to guarantee a 100% code reviews, the number of bugs and vulnerabilities found, reported upstream, and patched by distributions (especially Debian) shows that code is being reviewed.
Apart the package maintainers and contributors, the Security Team can also review critical packages and step in if something looks suspicious.
But, most importantly, the release cycle and the long freeze before releases is all about STABILITY and SECURITY.
Anybody can upload backdoored code on npm/PyPI etc, infect someone and then remove the malicious release without being detected.
Releasing something malicious or with serious bugs before a freeze cycle and going undetected for months is not impossible but much more difficult.
> I take it you've never been on the receiving end of the "Oh, you use _Windoze_" comments
Actually I did. Clearly those were not insults meant against me as a user. Just like stating "beer is disgusting" or "I hate Samsung" is not insulting me for my drink or monitor brand choices.
I've been at DebConfs, FOSDEMs and other events and never met any these angry advocates. They seem to be mailing list / twitter trolls.
> people like RMS who actively show disdain for proprietary software and those who use it
Do you have sources to support the claim that RMS shows disdain for people using proprietary software?
What do you mean with "shaming"? I've been at many DebConfs and I have never heard any other DD calling people names just for using some closed source software.