HandwovenConsensus@lemm.eeM to Ask The World@lemm.ee · 11 months agoWhat is something your country doesn't get enough credit for?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something your country doesn't get enough credit for?HandwovenConsensus@lemm.eeM to Ask The World@lemm.ee · 11 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFreeFactslinkfedilinkarrow-up31·11 months agoLinux. Finland. Wouldn’t have been created without the free universal education that provided Torvalds the free access to university’s licenses and hardware.
minus-squareomalaul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoBig one. Basically the whole modern world depends on Linux and I don’t even think that’s too much of an exaggeration
minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoLinux itself probably doesn’t get enough credit. People still think it’s an obscure nerd OS.
minus-squareCabrio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoLinux isn’t an OS, but you GNU that.
minus-squarebankimu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·11 months agoWhat else is an outcome of that? If it is indeed due to the educational policies, then there has to be other notable and recognizable outcomes. If there’s nothing else notable, then I think the credit is where it is due, to Linus.
Linux. Finland.
Wouldn’t have been created without the free universal education that provided Torvalds the free access to university’s licenses and hardware.
Big one. Basically the whole modern world depends on Linux and I don’t even think that’s too much of an exaggeration
Linux itself probably doesn’t get enough credit. People still think it’s an obscure nerd OS.
Linux isn’t an OS, but you GNU that.
What else is an outcome of that? If it is indeed due to the educational policies, then there has to be other notable and recognizable outcomes. If there’s nothing else notable, then I think the credit is where it is due, to Linus.