I don’t want to link to the video I’m about to discuss, but for context, I will.
Oh, let me counteth the way thoust has offended thee.
First of all, like with any shitty “journalism” or hack job, it’s dead easy to paint somebody in a negative light with a montage of handpicked footage. This isn’t clever, or even offer any sort of insight. Anyone who has looked into Linus or Stallman would have seen this stuff a dozens times over. It’s relevance on their contribution to Free and Open Source Software and where FOSS and Linux is today? Fucking zero.
Also, where in the pantheon of Linux proponents does Distrotube fall? Who the hell is he to be even casting aspersions like this? Should he speak for us? Not a chance.
I’ve met Stallman. I travelled 700kms to watch him speak in person and have exchanged many emails with him debating a great many subjects. There’s plenty he says that I strongly object to, but does that diminish his accomplishments in regards to Free Software and the movement it spawned? Not in the slightest.
Let’s remember, Distrotube is a guy who was sacked from his job quit his job after being accused of allegedly harassing a black lady in his store. By his own account, that wasn’t his intention and meant no offense, and I believe him. Why then, should we as viewers and subscribers, allow him to “throw shade” at absolute key players in the FOSS and GNU/Linux world when we could just as easily cast shadows over that same person?
Word to the wise champ. Show a bit of fucking class and respect for the people who make the very existence of your little youtube channel possible. Lots of solid comments left on the video if you care to read, I hope the common sense starts to sink in.