Could be someone excited to add content to peertube, which desperately needs it.

If you’re looking for a free VPN, I’ve had good experiences with https://riseup.net/en/vpn

I love Filelight. Whoever came up with it is brilliant.

Why do you agree with their censorship and lying?

GPL does not restrict you from selling the software

Oh god, we know.

Practically speaking though, if anyone can redistribute it for free then it’s available for free.

So LTS isn’t really LTS.

Glad I switched to Debian.

However, Ubuntu started a service called Ubuntu Pro / ESM that provides updates for packages in universe.

Since it’s all free software, what gives Ubuntu the privilege to restrict these updates behind paywalls and signups?

Pro is also free for personal use on up to 5 machines, so there’s no reason not to enable it.

Fuck that bullshit. We shouldn’t be encouraging or enabling this behavior at all.

It sure seems that way. Their “extended security maintenance” spam says that there are security updates that are only available if you “subscribe”.

I asked the Linux community about this, and didn’t get a straight answer (not surprised.)

It was enough for me to switch to Debian, though. There’s no excuse for updates to be locked behind paywalls or sign-ups in the free software ecosystem.

OP didn’t ask for a VPN recommendation. Your post should be deleted like mine was because you recommended a VPN without OP asking for it.

The mods are actively trying to censor information about free VPNs. There is no evidence to support their argument that RiseUp’s VPN service “is not meant for torrenting.” It’s complete bullshit and it needs to stop now.

I don’t know much about them, and I doubt many of you do either. Here’s a quote from their “about us” that I guarantee the mods did not read:

“We do this by providing communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism and other forms of oppression.”

Source: https://riseup.net/about-us

Where are the lying mods getting this information that torrenting is a misuse of Riseup’s VPN? They must provide evidence to support this, or else there’s no getting around the fact that they are spreading misinformation.

This is very suspicious and makes me want to get the message out even more!

Sorry, OP didn’t ask for a VPN recommendation. Your post should be removed to ensure consistency among moderation.

The mods are actively trying to censor information about free VPNs. There is no evidence to support their argument that RiseUp’s VPN service “is not meant for torrenting.” It’s complete bullshit and it needs to stop now.

I don’t know much about them, and I doubt many of you do either. Here’s a quote from their “about us” that I guarantee the mods did not read:

“We do this by providing communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism and other forms of oppression.”

Source: https://riseup.net/about-us

Where are the lying mods getting this information that torrenting is a misuse of Riseup’s VPN? They must provide evidence to support this, or else there’s no getting around the fact that they are spreading misinformation.

This is very suspicious and makes me want to get the message out even more!

Hey mods! How come you don’t remove this post because “OP didn’t ask for a VPN recommendation”?

The mods are actively trying to censor information about free VPNs. There is no evidence to support their argument that RiseUp’s VPN service “is not meant for torrenting.” It’s complete bullshit and it needs to stop now.

I don’t know much about them, and I doubt many of you do either. Here’s a quote from their “about us” that I guarantee the mods did not read:

“We do this by providing communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism and other forms of oppression.”

Source: https://riseup.net/about-us

Where are the lying mods getting this information that torrenting is a misuse of Riseup’s VPN? They must provide evidence to support this, or else there’s no getting around the fact that they are spreading misinformation.

This is very suspicious and makes me want to get the message out even more!

This post shouldn’t have been removed. There’s literally an active censorship campaign against free VPNs.

Here is what it said:

If you want a free VPN, you can try Riseup: https://riseup.net/en/vpn

There’s qbittorrent for torrenting.

The comment was removed because OP didn’t ask for a VPN recommendation. So we’re not allowed to recommend VPNs unless someone asks for it? I can guarantee you, there is not a single other instance of someone being banned for recommending paid VPNs even when nobody asked for it.

This is becoming VERY suspicious!

The mods are actively pushing misinformation, too, by saying I’m “misusing the service.” There’s literally no evidence to support this case. They just don’t want people using free VPNs.

Look at the rest of this thread. The only VPN recommendation that was removed was the one for the only legitimately free VPN service that also allows torrenting. Funny how proton’s free VPN doesn’t allow torrenting, yet the mods kept all posts recommending proton.

Please everyone. Try things for yourselves. Don’t let consumers on the internet dictate what you get to use. You will end up wasting a lot of money like them just to protect their fragile egos.

Using aliases to rename commands.

If you want a free VPN, you can try Riseup: https://riseup.net/en/vpn

There’s qbittorrent for torrenting.

Aliasing anything seems like an unnecessary abstraction in just about every instance.

Glad I don’t come across it or much other unnecessary stuff in my work.

That’s an anti-pattern if I’ve ever heard of one.

If they’re not happy, they can always go somewhere else.

You can’t please everyone.

Horrible idea. Let people share what they want and give the means for individuals to hide content they don’t want to see.

We shouldn’t be deciding for other people what they are allowed to see.

The next generation of internet users should really look into the Streisand Effect. You’re only going to drive more people away from your cause when you try to control what they get to say and what they’re allowed to see.

I’m already abandoning the left as quickly as possible because I’m sick of yall’s censorship and propaganda tactics; this is just another one of them.

For me it’s independent or bust. You can thank all the brow-beaters, tantrum-throwers, useful idiots, and mod-abusers for why I’m no longer loyal to their side. These kids need to grow up if they want more adults to take them seriously.

Hard disagree. Just like when people in the fediverse tried to block using certain words across the entire medium, this is going to cause more harm than good to appease people who can’t think for themselves.

I swear, the brow-beating crowd really has had free reign these past few years. It’s time to rein them back in and watch them kick and scream like the tantrum-throwing children they really are.

Not everyone succumbs to peer-pressure like you do.

Good on them. People like you need to understand that brow beating is not the way to get what you want and doesn’t make you right.