If You're Going to Concern-Troll "Linux" Make Sure You Actually Use It (Or Tried It)
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Concern-trolling is an increasingly well understood trolling tactic, both online and offline. In a nutshell, the way it works is, you claim to love something but at the same time you attack that something by expressing concerns about some aspects of it. One example might be, I love GNU and support the FSF, but at the same time I want to remove the founder of GNU and the founder of the FSF.
Concern-trolling has long been a key ingredient of GNU/Linux Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD, a.k.a. "fear-mongering" or dramatisation - sometimes deliberate exaggeration - of existing issues). We saw a lot of that in Xz. Here's what Phoronix published 9 hours ago (someone brought this up in IRC):
Just to be very clear, I've used GNU/Linux for nearly 25 years and every computer in our home runs it. No dual-boot or anything. As for GNU and RMS, I fully acknowledge the imperfections, but I don't baselessly attack people. Usually I speak to them before passing judgement.
Unlike the Linux Foundation, where almost none of the managers ever used GNU/Linux, most of us here are pro-Linux, but we don't own or employ the person with that trademark (or name).
Be wary of concern trolls. They might wear the logo on their sleeve, but they're using that as an opportunity to bash and interfere. █