历史与人物stallman.org
我如何计算
How I do my computing
2012 — 2018，它一次次回到首页
黑点是上首页（≥ 50 分）的那次投稿，空心点是没冲上去的投稿，点越大分数越高。
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这是 Richard Stallman 个人网站上的一篇文章，他详细讲述自己日常怎样使用计算机：坚持只用自由软件、避开专有软件与商业服务，并解释背后的原则。文中可以看到他如何把软件自由的理念落实到具体设备与操作习惯上。
为什么经久不衰：它把"自由软件"从抽象口号变成一种可检验的生活方式；在监控与专有生态愈发无处不在的今天，这种彻底的身体力行比当年更值得读。
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rms 的固执是自由软件进步的基石。
"讲理的人适应世界，不讲理的人坚持让世界适应自己。因此，一切进步都取决于不讲理的人。"——萧伯纳。我们都该感谢 rms 的"不讲理"，它实际上支撑了我们习以为常的许多自由软件成果。
AdamN查看英文原文
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw We should all be thankful to rms for his unreasonableness. It has literally been the underpinning of so much of what we take for granted vis-a-vis free software.
现代公司与政府的全方位追踪比 1984 更甚，而 rms 以身作则展示了拒绝追踪的活法。
我们都是那个慢慢被煮熟的青蛙故事里的青蛙。Google、Netflix、Amazon、Uber、Airbnb——你搜索什么、邮件里写什么、看什么、买什么、去哪儿旅行和住在哪儿，全被完美追踪；再加上 NSA 等机构，1984 相比之下都算小儿科。我们需要有人像 Richard 那样让我们看看"冷水"是什么样：尽可能做到零追踪。他一生都在尽力忠于自己的哲学，付出了巨大的个人代价和牺牲；他的资产之少与他受到的敬重完全不相称。不像我们大多数人，只要换来一点便利就愿意交出任何数据。
suprgeek查看英文原文
We are - all of us - the slowly boiling frogs of the story. Google, Netflix, Amazon, Uber & AirBnb - What you search for & e-mail about, What you watch, What you buy, Where you travel to & from & Where you stay - perfect tracking of everything. Add NSA & others on top & 1984 seems like a poor cousin of the world we live in. We need some one like Richard to show us what the COLD water looks like. Not the slightly boiled one, not the warm one, the COLD water. Zero tracking of anything as much as possible. He has lived his life trying to be as true to his philosophy as he can - at great personal cost & a LOT of sacrifice. I have personally seen some of the medical issues & his assets as such if any are shockingly meager for someone so well thought of (not something he will admit). Not like most of us (me included) - who will give up any data if it means a little bit of convenience. Please consider donating: https://my.fsf.org/donate/
他的批判越来越相关，因为他从源头上消除了被追踪与被锁定的可能。
Stallman 对软件、硬件和服务作为社会控制工具的批判，这些年只会越来越切题。你能想象他的搜索记录被政府调查人员翻查吗？或者他的 Facebook 资料被雇主审查？不能，因为这些都不存在。你也没法想象他的电脑被一个只允许"正版 Windows"的引导程序锁住。他不在乎显得古怪——对某些受众这是劣势，但他在意的是把自己的计算牢牢绑定在核心哲学上。他做得如此彻底，以至于他不在场时你几乎仍能听到他的声音。我们都该做这样有效的怪人。
msg查看英文原文
Stallman's critique of software, hardware, and services as tools of social control has only become more relevant over the years. Can you imagine his search records being rifled through by a government investigator? Or his Facebook profile being examined by an employer? No, because they don't exist. Nor can you imagine his computer being locked by a bootloader that only allows "Genuine Windows". He's not concerned about looking weird. For certain audiences this is a disadvantage. But he is concerned about tying his computing down to his core philosophy. He did it so well that you can almost hear him when he's not in the room. We should all be such effective weirdos. At some level we have to trust a substrate of computing to get anything done. Stallman's work to make that substrate as trustworthy as possible was very farsighted.
理想化的硬件方案对普通用户不可得，实用性上打了折扣。
我有点烦 Stallman 老是提他那台连 BIOS 都跑自由软件的 Lemote 机器——他不如干脆说自己骑的是魔法独角兽。我试过，却从来弄不到一台。真希望他能偶尔放下对"自由"的执念，给那些关心自由软件、但不愿折腾一台冷门且买不到的 7 寸上网本的用户一个现实点的建议。
homosaur查看英文原文
The one thing I get kind of annoyed with Stallman at is that he keeps mentioning this Leemote machine he has, which runs free software even in the BIOS. He might as well say that he runs Linux on a magical unicorn. I have tried and never been able to get my hands on one of these things. I'd really like to see Stallman jump off his insistence on free for one second and maybe suggest something realistic for users who care about free software but aren't willing to work on an obscure, unavailable 7" netbook.
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