Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On 2025-05-27, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 27/05/2025 12:39, Borax Man wrote:

The goal isn't biggest market share, the goal is, I think, to ensure
that people who want to follow a path of freedom and empowerment, have
the option to do so.

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Philosophically speaking, enforcing freedom is not freedom.
Many people are quite happy to live in a constrained world, In fact they
feel safer that way. Nothing is their problem, as long as they 'stick to
the rules'.
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All freedom exists because of enforcement.  We are naturally free.  In
order to retain freedom, we limit the actions of others.  Enforcement is
a precondition to freedom.

In the context of freedom and free software, its not just freedom, but
agency.  Freedom comes from not having anyone infringe upon your ability
to modify, share and use the software, but you have increased agency as
well through meaningful choices in shaping your computing environment
(ie, choice of toolkits, GUI, ability to configure, etc).

For me personally, I enjoy the increased agency moreso than the freedom
the GPL gives.