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Can we ban posts promoting the use of proprietary software?
Yeah, people don't realize that just because a software is available for Linux, it isn't acceptable that it's proprietary.
I don't care what other people uses, but posts promoting it shouldn't be allowed in a Linux community.
I think that's ridiculous. I vastly prefer FOSS and so I won't use this, but clearly professional software being ported to Linux is a big deal for Linux and its userbase.
Should we ban discussion about any distro that's not certified by the FSF? Should we ban news about proprietary Nvidia drivers?
From the same people jerking themselves off over steam being on Linux.