Depends on the part: Speaking about free and libre soft- and hardware? We are here doing the part already. Speaking about "gaming" especially? About usage of non-free service and more? That depends on the decision of every individual. Therefore those threads like this one here. To explain, to criticize, to scribble possible consequences. And for sure we can already see them: More complexity, lesser possible freedom at every corner. It depends if people adapt to that or decide for something different. It is not up to me alone, to us here to decide for everyone. That has everyone do on a very personal way. And if "free culture" is vanishing? Well, as long as one person is using something it is not away.

So the decision for free culture, for free software itself is a personal one. There can be something in between. But nevertheless: Any compromise to be done has a price to be paid. It can be small one, but it can be also more. So the point:

You can already see here what is done. The rest is up to every individual for a decision. It is therefore per definition not useless. It won't help to "forbid" something like "Steam" or "forbid" projects using non-free services. It is just a question, a very simple on: Is it helpful in the long-run? The answer most easy: No it won't. But here again: Freedom is not vanishing right from the point. It is a slowly process. A democracy is not dying right out of a point. That's a slowly process the same. To note the points, to warn about them: That's also part of the doing. So also the warnings are not "useless". It is up to everyone listening or not listening. And it is for sure not only up to me or some others changing something. That's a task for everyone at every day. And if someone does not want to read all of this? Well, no one is forced to read through. No one is forced for anything. But there stays the responsibility. Doing "something" is on every level: Helping here? Making some thoughts elsewhere? Small tasks, bigger ones. Hyperbola is for example not only an idea or some concept on the paper. I understand your point, but that's like a puzzle, a very chaotic one as we have billions of ideas as much as earthlings living. So the on-going part is to look out, to warn, to be active and inform when something is going bad.

And the forum here is not the only space where to write down, to discuss and more. So I do that also analogue and that quite more often than here: Discussing and going into the retrospective for ideas. The best to be done besides for sure doing all that here as it as written: Not using some toxic / non-free platforms, clear debates and arguments, open and friendly, with empathy and solidarity. The life is too short as we should think of being only "digital", but we should also defend data and have possibilities for open future. That is an individual decision and will forever be useful and believable when done.

This makes me sad. Sure i don't use a fully libre setup and don't plan to but i do want the option to exist and be viable for those that want to

EDIT: I am finally happy with a minimal window manager. Namely:i3

The neverending illusion to be told: "Work hard, work even harder and you make it one day. Work smart, work smarter and you will have enough!"

No, it will be never "enough". Never stopping the consume and never stopping the mentioned foul tale of capitalism. What do you have at the end, when you get the feedback being ill from working too much? No money can make chronic problems vanishing then. And please: With those tales we are ruining the life of so many individuals and earthlings here. It is a vicious circle also as the technical progression especially is not for making life easier. It is just for "more consume" therefore. Buy smart and hard, as you work smart and hard? Come on, people. Think again as those are for sure not the future. Too much suffering for all of that!

Let's talk about democracy: It is one of the highest values for us living together. But we should all acknowledge that this is nothing being eternal in guarantee. It is something we need to "fight" for on a daily base: We need discussions, reflections and retrospectives. We need to look back for looking forward and learning from history. Also we need to be honest to ourself: Making mistakes is not that bad when we are willing to learn. But here comes the problem: When we stop all that and think about only the wording "strong leadership", we have stopped for sure also completely learning or showing the will to learn. What is a society not willing to protect each other? What is a society worth believing only in some relgious fundmentalism? When people are for sure handled absolutely cruel just because of their look, because of who they are, where they come from or because they are just different from some false defined "normal", we loose our essential humanism and the approach of principles and values a democracy is built on top: Every voice is counting, everyone is there to attend and being part, no difference is made.

But we make already again differences. And to state: The essential democracy is in danger when we believe in lies, within absurdities and forget about science and facts just because we want "strong leadership". Was the history not enough to learn from, dear mankind? What do you need more? Just look at what is going on now. You want really the deadly circle again? From democracy towards aristocracy or oligarchy, then further towards monarchy (the darkest ones from old times back and not any kind of noble perspective) and then tyranny and dictatorship. At the end perhaps democracy is returning, but at highest costs: Endless suffering of minorities, cruel deeds and wars. Learning from history before it is too late for being believable. Fight with reasonable arguments for democracy, with empathy and solidarity, every day again. And what do you think comes out when you fight cruelty with another cruelty? When you make insults on platforms towards others? When you stay harsh or do something called "shitposting". That word especially is just another worthless handle and self-claimed argument for doing something cruel: "It is just irony and sarcasm!" No it is not. It is just that: Being cruel, harsh and ignorant. There is no way around that, no word to describe that "friendly". Better to stay out of that: The resulting bitter taste will influence the future behaviour of generations to come and we have already made that even worse. Better to cut this all, cut off the platforms already so often mentioned before it is too late. It depends on everyone for a decision. What should it be? Ignorance and arrogance? Or thinking for the better? Learning kindness is so important and a base for democratic stances and discussions. When we loose our inner kindness, we also loose our ability to communicate throughout a colourful space of words and phrases, to express empathy and get it back from others. We don't need "strong leadership", we need people understanding empathy and the high values.

And please: Just when you see someone posting bad and hateful "meme-imagery" and you ask the person if this is meant seriously ... don't even think the answer "No, it is just a joke" is correct. Why then even posting images and other insulting and harassing texts? It is meant seriously, in every part. Making jokes about fascism, playing with imagery and symbols is nothing of a joke. It is a danger exactly for our discussion-culture and therefore in the end also for democracy. Talking seriously and correct with each other!

DRM-Free hardware ***might*** be possible somewhere down the road, design wise, similar to mnt reform with LS1028A, without needing any harmful blobs that cause problems and supporting all the features without needing any DRM and possibly be 10x more efficient, or fast, or parts of both.

Btw, regarding i3-wm, do you get similar preformance to jwm on that?

With or without jwmkit added btw.

I ask, because that was my first window manager that I got attached to.

We humans have no right to think about us being higher than anything else. That's the ignorance and arrogance I have already mentioned here uncountable times in the thread, meant absolutely general as approach and I don't see any need to discuss that matter even further. No one is hurt from that, when mention science and perspectives discovered. It is a thing about holding the "power" and there is the point.

This thread and the warnings are just reflection and retrospective. If someone is reading and thinking further? Good, exactly that's the point. It is not my task to convince anyone from anything. If people reject science and facts? Okay, fine. Their decision to do. But it is just that: By thinking everyone has to believe that or being offended throughout just those points we will ruin our complete society and risk all what is left from democracy at that point. It's just that point. You have not to believe me and I don't see any point to convince anyone. This thread exists only about just one perspective: Retrospective. And beyond that:

The mentioned name of the leader of national-socialists at the time back approves the point even more: We have to fight with other things like "believing". We have facts enough approving that living in peace is worth, living in dignity for all earthlings (ALL is meant for real) is worth. But there is a line and it is just simple: The "pure evil" is a definition as everyone is able to do "all evil" and recognizing it would be the minimum we need. There are people out there thinking about being the neighbors of "Mr. Donald Duck" himself. That's just fine when they have nevertheless recognized that they could harm others. And it is for sure no harm, when confronted with that facts.

I know what you wanted to show: But it is the point that if we ever want to live in peace we have to confront those people not willing to accept peace, democracy and a colorful world. There is no way around that confrontation and for now we have the chance to remember each other that the road to cruel deeds can be very small. I would be cautious with the phrase "I would never do": As it is shown only within the concrete situation what we are able or what we are not. Speaking out for others is one thing we can do just now. Speaking out for science and facts, for protection of that, for fighting for democracy is a thing to do now before it is too late. Especially those people could not care less about a balance of powers when talking about "ending something". As when they have the power to make you believe absurdities they also have the power to make you commit injustices at once. And personally again to underline: I don't and won't accept that at any point. There are beliefs being for sure harmless: Science and questioning in an iterative construct, we have literally enough to question and learn every day again. Doing peer reviews, doing discussions and question a good way for all included. But there is also beliefs being harmful: Named one is "mine is better than yours" or also the perspective to make foul compromises because some religious feelings are offended. There are things we need to respect and reflect: Discrimination, hatred, racism and more. But when somebody wants to "end" something, just because a conservative perspective on everything is hurt ... oh well, as said: I could not care less about that kind of feelings as those would surpress more people when given enough "power". The concept of "freedom" is also the concept to understand the other part for "rules". And earth for example could also not care less about our imaginations.

This thread in its existence to explain is the part for a warning, because "free culture" has enough to discover for times coming. We have already now problems:

- with foul compromises
- with ignorance and arrogance
- with mixing beliefs into where facts are
- with using technical toolsets to take democratic values away, part by part

The "pure evil" is the face we see everyday again in the mirror, when we are not willing to learn. That's the condition why this thread is existing. It is not to convince someone. It is just that: Warning and finding ways to explain, to also include especially the "free culture" with the wording "culture" in mind especially. It is such a big word, with so many parts and also including ways of living.

But especially onto one point you have already mentioned: The reformation of weapons usage in the US. Yes, absolutely agreed at the situation. As I have said: I understand for sure where you are coming from at the point. But here is again the tryout for an explanation as there are so many parts: The missing acceptance of others empathy and solidarity? The head through the wall because "government" is so much "bad"? The "own freedom" counting more than everything and everyone else? The conservative perspective of "me is more than the rest and rest has to follow me"? I have mentioned all those injustice perspectives for a reasoning: There is for real a small road up ahead. The little dictator is waiting for the big fascist and this one again for the national-socialist to come destroying "unworthy beings". It is all connected. But that's just this first, zapper: Please feel safe here at first. Please all: Feel safe. We are living in strange times. Perhaps everyone said that back forever? But it is just that: We need all together. There is no "worth" for being believable. It is just: Everyone, every earthling is there and it is okay.
Nevertheless I don't care if hating people (haters) feel uncomfortable when reading postings, this one here and this thread is made to discuss and give something also we need within all: Hope.

Oh and a note:

It is complex, damn big complex. But we can learn up from the smaller scale. Trying to do it every day again. And I mean it when I state: Never again. It won't be also not that kind again, but it could be even worse? We should have no need finding it out. Therefore this thread here.

Other earthlings have even the same amount of possibilities to express emotions as we have. They do that just on other ways. You think that a cow is not mourning when a new-born child is taken away? It is clearly wrong. The first thing is just that we need to recognize for sure reality and that is for sure also hearing out science. Making the difference that we are the "one chosen" is the first problem of many others following. But that is clearly part of all within this thread, all to read.

We are within a loophole when always thinking only about manipulation coming up out of some "evil motivation". And please don't make a different between intelligent or non-intelligent beings. That is only your own assumption, you have no approve for that point or for thoughts being done. People believe many things, and for me speaking: I don't follow any religious beliefs. Should I therefore write the same about them? You have not see me writing that. So the minimum is just that and make a difference, because hatred has its roots especially there to come. And people manipulating doing that especially because of beliefs.
One part is for sure the point:

That is meant for what I have written above. It is okay to have multiple explanations for something. But said with: I have no interest to discuss further onto that point for sure. Because: When searching for "manipulation", you will always find approval for something and I could name countless examples about horrible deeds in the name of any kind of religion, especially Christianity. But it is false to make some individual responsible for that: There can be a change for better. Nevertheless it is the clear humanism to be used as first motivation.
Being believable is not in combination with religion or religious beliefs. It is a concept living together within a world of respect, tolerance and empathy. Everybody can and should have an own way to find that, but the base is: It has to be an own decision and not some common decision pressed onto everyone.

The "internet" can be good about finding new perspectives and information. It can be also horrible bad because anybody can tell lies and people are willing to approve them because they fit just well enough into a simple explanation. But foremost: There are no simple explanations! We do better within approving scientific facts. Ignorance prevailed only because people don't want to find out what is behind, don't question enough at the correct point and instead further handle only for own interests only, letting so much injustices happen and we are at that point again in history within our human global society. So drawing the lines: There is no difference at all between us earthlings, as we all are living and searching for comfy places and eating rather than discomfort. But it is easy to state that others are not members of the own group, like for other earthlings. It is just that: It all comes down to suffering, not intelligence, not strength, not social class or civil rights. Pain and suffering are in themselves bad and should be prevented or minimized at all cost. Respect the sex or species the being, no way other around. We are all animals of this planet, we are all creatures and non-human animals express emotional happenings the same we do: They too are strong and intelligent, mobile and active. They are capable of growth and adaptation, learning situations. Like us they are earthlings! And I could give the same example about "not members of the own group" for free culture: It has to be inclusive, not exclusive, not with giving so much it won't be affordable for everyone. When people decide to use non-free soft- and hardware, it is their own decision. But we should not run behind or asking for more convinient ways. Just accept that there are others and warn when we see problems, because those are for sure ignored more and more. As said: It is quite so complex, that all is connected and non-free soft- / hardware has therefore influence when people stop favors for freedom and free ways of expressing algorithms. It looks like esoteric, but that's quite simple: We decide on our own, but many decisions also connect more into.

A slight little sidenote for all interested is the documentation Earthlings! Perhaps that would the most reasonable point for us first to recognize: Co-existing is possible and needed more than ever before. We cannot go further from that point with that we have without risking all progress we have made. Democracy is of highest value for that, when we get lost within hatred and harassment, strange beliefs for lies we will loose all. Not at once, but stepwise. And for that we also need speciesism to end for sure. But as noted: It is not up to me for a decision. Everyone decides on own measures. All done and will done is just that: Giving words and discussion. Nothing more with the goal for the so-called second thought for being believable ... but please without any kind of religious background: Own decision, you know ... and the way to use is also own defined. Love for a colorful world, it takes nothing for us humans to grant other earthlings a happy life without suffering and it takes also nothing to be kind but straight. Shortened stories and criticism will never help: Especially when it comes to the fall of democratic values. They fall because enough people listen to simplified stories, lies instead of facts and don't think further. Manipulation starts always with self-manipulating, being taught false points and going for adapted tales instead of points with clear information. Otherwise we would be quite better within the pandemic situation, with support of others and ending the mentioned suffering fast and strict. It is the opposite and besides to accept it, there is no need to do further and speak straight against harassment and hatred, against manipulation including self ones. Just a way of living with inclusion and respect, should take also nothing from us but well: The reality is different here and many people think other way around. We are responsible for the situation, no one else. Everyone has responsibility either the living together is working or is going only about "ruling" and "using power" instead of reflection of own privileges for protecting others - also written within this thread and described. Most is just the own will for a change or also not. We can clear see where this leads to even now with all harsh part to come.

Would you mind to end the discussion in combination with Christianity and Jesus? I have asked kind in the last posting of mine. Now I ask direct. I see no reasoning within as I have said: Everybody has own ways towards being believable and this does not include any kind of religion (for me speaking), it can be a toolset for others but therefore we should not mix and stay onto individual definitions. It is just oriented onto facts and values. Yes, any kind of "belief" can include that also. But the point about: There was so much damage done in the name of "whatever" that I personally don't see any kind of use repeating that over and over. Besides:

That is one separation after another (meaning exactly "nonbelievers"). The "church" has proven to misuse power in all dimensions given. So it would be just reasonable to separate, what we have done not until today because exactly of a false understanding of tolerance. And therefore we have exactly those problems resulting with extreme radical religious beliefs. So the circle is closing: I see no need to discuss both points exactly out of that reasoning: It is just open there to understand!

We can talk about manipulation, about problems with capitalism, about many other points also false promises and more. But any religion is out of context here, because from what I have learned in a lifetime until today it is not helpful for being believable because the phrase is exactly the opposite: Reflect yourself and go into retrospective! If you want to use religious beliefs for that? Feel free. But the points are going right towards how we earthlings exist in peace here in combination with free culture, free information and therefore free, libre soft- / hardware. That's it!

Yes, the problem are we human beings as we can be cruel to everyone, but the point: When one individual recognize that and is able to choose other ways, this means there is also one individual able for a change. We have not enough time from today on doing that, but I hope we can manage to have more people following thoughts for inclusive living and empathy. There is no other choice besides violence and resulting more suffering to come otherwise. We have only this one planet and should handle with care, not with ignorance. Therefore this thread with this thoughts, but please more oriented onto grip for a handle. On the philosophical layer we can discuss uncountable topics, nevertheless: People need at first to question themselves before doing. For now they do the opposite just for their own "ego" or name it otherwise like "only for themself" (same story). Protection of others? Speaking up for others? This would be the point where we need to be. Otherwise our global society is failing on the minimum even! So our own behavior is the problem and the possible solution when change it. And it is not the way to point out that there are some lines for an approval that "Christianity" can be "good" or "helpful". It is an own decision. That is a fact! Believing onto "religion"? Cool, do so when peaceful and open-minded. But that is no plan for others or all earthlings. We need to stop ruining parts we touch for generalizing. Instead we need to respect all earthlings.