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People think the #Matrix was about robots. It wasn't. It was about operating systems.

#Windows is the blue pill.

You take it, and everything stays comfortable. Pretty icons. Friendly sounds. A setup wizard asking if you want to save your soul to the #cloud. Updates appear at the worst possible moment like a Marvel post-credit scene nobody asked for. Your #PC reboots. You cry. #Microsoft thanks you for improving your experience.

#Linux is the red pill.

You wake up. You see how deep the #RabbitHole goes.

At first, it is terrifying. The #terminal stares at you like Darth Vader asking if you know the power of the #CommandLine. You type one wrong character and feel like you accidentally launched nuclear missiles.

But then something changes. You realize your #computer actually belongs to you.

No ads in the Start Menu. No #AI assistant spying harder than a reality TV producer.

No mysterious background process eating half your #RAM like Pac-Man after three energy drinks.

You choose what gets installed. You choose when #updates happen. You choose what your #desktop looks like.

You are Neo.

Windows #users are still sitting in their pods, downloading the latest mandatory #update called KB-Whatever-Again, wondering why their printer suddenly speaks ancient Sumerian.

Linux is not perfect. Sometimes Wi-Fi drivers behave like a side quest in Dark Souls.

Sometimes you spend two hours fixing a problem just to feel smarter than everyone else.

But that is the point. The red pill was never about comfort. It was about #freedom.

And freedom means occasionally reading a forum post written by a Finnish guy in 2007 who solved your #problem and vanished forever like a #Jedi master.

Welcome to Linux. There is no spoon. Only #sudo.

#meme #choice #os #software #foss #floss #opensource #gnu #gpl #computer #user #nerd #just4fun #system

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#FSF Patches Two-Year-Old Vulnerability Found by #AI Researchers in #GNU #Savannah Repository

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/06/20/0321205/fsf-patches-two-year-old-vulnerability-found-by-ai-researchers-in-gnu-savannah-repository

#cybersecurity #FOSS

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@bpl

I'm not necessarily a huge fan of the #GNU way of doing things, but you can have my --double-dash-long-options when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. XD

I mean, just accepting -[a-zA-Z0-9] is fine. A little harder to learn, but fine.
Having both -[a-zA-Z0-9] and --[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,} is perfect.
-[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,} is cursed, and --[a-zA-Z0-9] is mega-cursed. 😆

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