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It's only a proof of concept at the moment and I don't know if it will see mass adoption but it's a step in the right direction to ending reliance on US-based Big Tech.

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[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"Made with ❤️ in Brussels by Robert Riemann"

Clicked his URL…

"physicist and computer scientist…passionate about open source and free software, cryptography…"

Whew, almost read crypto"currency"…

"…and peer-to-peer technology such as BitTorrent or Blockchain/Bitcoin.

Goddammit.

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✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

[–] Robert7301201@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, he said he's passionate about peer-to-peer technology and listed Bitcoin as an example. I don't think that makes him a crypto bro. He probably just appreciates the theory behind it.

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[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Fedora is too much into RedHat, and that's an American company, it depends on it. You'll have to go at least Arch, or Debian (which are more community-driven), or Ubuntu or Mint (that are European). But I wouldn't use anything Redhat-produced for an EU OS.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Great sentiment I guess but I don't see any reason to believe this will amount to anything.

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

And it's based on fedora? Man, that's great

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