This is an ambitious goal. It is going to introduce a lot of plain folk to Linux.

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    3 years ago

    Bringing people to the FOSS community and Linux is a boon, certainly! I’m mighty glad efforts are being put forth to promote Free Software, and the community will of course benefit from an influx of users and potential contributers.

    Even getting entrenched Windows users to switch to (a) FOSS program(s) is a win, albeit a lesser one, in my book.

    My criticism of the “let’s write a new kernel” project stems from mine own efforts to reach a competency level such that I may contribute to FOSS projects I enjoy. Despite recently pursuing some computer science courses in addition to my degree (physics), I can tell I’m still a long way off from being able to make meaningful code contributions / fixes. There is a lot to learn. Maybe some with lots of spunk will make that journey though.

    I’ll consider dropping by the Telegram group to see what it’s like.