I don't like the idea of forcing someone to use tools that don't fit their lifestyle and workflow. But I feel that that's what many free software communities are all about, is privileging the kinds of people whose lifestyles and workflows fit existing tools and insulting / marginalizing people whose don't. I feel that a lot of the outcry about things like GNOME and Fedora's changes is that of privileged people having their privilege taken away from them, and having to learn a handful of new things so that many, many people don't have to make their brains fit into places they can't.
I'd rather not inconvenience anyone if possible, but my sympathies are with those who are currently being left out. I feel that there is a great deal of unspoken contempt for nontechnical users in many free software communities, and the ones that I have the most respect for are the ones that put the most effort into reducing cognitive overhead, technical / cultural knowledge requirements, and other obstacles to accessibility. It disgusts me to see things like white cismale hackers plastering the Fedora logo over their hackergotchis' mouths in protest against the idea of Girl Scouts on their system.
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I'd rather not inconvenience anyone if possible, but my sympathies are with those who are currently being left out. I feel that there is a great deal of unspoken contempt for nontechnical users in many free software communities, and the ones that I have the most respect for are the ones that put the most effort into reducing cognitive overhead, technical / cultural knowledge requirements, and other obstacles to accessibility. It disgusts me to see things like white cismale hackers plastering the Fedora logo over their hackergotchis' mouths in protest against the idea of Girl Scouts on their system.