WSL is an implementation of the kernel within Windows to allow development for Linux Kernel without Windows users actually having to install the whole operating system. You say that Linux is currently being absorbed by W10, which is utter and complete bullshit. I will start with WSL (Windows Sub-system for Linux).
There is the issue of compensation and ethics, intertwined, and then there is the issue of freedom. You are conflating two different arguments here. It's like saying "I don't want to be free, and I want to live in a cage, because being free means I have to be responsible."Īs for "Googling" shit.
Because only a handful of people can see, and therefore work on, the code.Īrguing against Free Software is not only scientifically unjustifiable and ethically and morally wrong, but it is also self-destructive.
Which is why Free Software never breaks, while, say, Windows breaks pretty much with every update.
That's how open source works, and it works precisely because millions of people look at it and update it constantly. It's precisely because nobody can do it alone that software needs to be free. Your understanding of software seems to be rather poor. Free Software means Free as in Free Speech, not free coffee. In fact, pretty much every major piece of technology runs on completely free software because that's the only way to ensure absolute stability and security.Īnd it has nothing to do with making money. There's coreboot or libreboot, that even makes your firmware Free. Trisquel is not just Free, but actively blocks non-free components. You absolutely can get rid of closed source codes. That way you are perpetually beholden to the company. The purpose of software as service is not to help you, it is to ensure that you don't know what your software is doing, and to stop you from changing it yourself. Just like you do with your car or motorcycle after you buy one. If you don't have the knowledge or the skills, you could ask someone else to do them for you.
You could literally read the source code yourself, and do them yourself. More importantly, once you get rid of the idea of the source code being closed, you don't need a company to update or fix your software. The difference is the concept of EULA did not exist back then. You got service packs, just as you do now. hell, even Microsoft Azure and Apple's iCloud run on solely on GNU/Linux.Īnd no, you didn't just buy software in the '80s once. And every major technology is based on GNU/Linux. They are updated with patches and fixes almost at 10X the rate of Windows or Mac OS, cost $0 upfront and $0 for updates and fixes. In fact, the most stable and secure softwares, the ones that pretty much run the entire internet and every major supercomputer in the world, are FOSS. On the other hand, when you actually buy something, you pay once and you are done. Troubleshooting and services don't nearly cost as much. You keep on paying as long as you use them. The idea with software as a service is control. I don't understand your point? Can you elaborate?