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A question for GNOME/KDE users (piefed.world)
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For people who already tried both, what's the reason you're sticking with GNOME or KDE as your desktop environment?

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[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, yeah. I'd rather not run software made by convicted child molesters or people who turn a blind eye to it much the same way i would assume we would also not like to run the lunduke distro. No witch hunt here, can't change the past. What I'm more worried about is Gnome and Debian being cool enough with Bicha to have him be a spokesperson at their events.

Gnome has enough problems as it is, but this feels like throwing gas on the fire for their public image. KDE plasma is fine for me.

[–] imecth@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd rather not run software made by convicted child molesters

I get that sentiment, but what would you want to happen here, should he have just stayed in prison? Should he end up in a ditch somewhere? At some point reintegration into society needs to be happen, and i sure as hell think contributing to FOSS is a good deal better for everyone.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

If he'd not been a spokesperson and just another cog in the machine, I don't think anyone would have known who he was. Hell, even without that I don't think anyone would have known who he was if he didn't make a ruckus by vandalizing the xlibre wiki. When you have a past like the one Bicha has, you can't just go throwing stones. Now that it is out there, you can't unring the bell.