Wow that article was a ride. I feel so happy to not have used windows in the past 5 or so years.

Plot twist: you elder brother has been the lead KDE propagandist all along.

I don’t know man, those tools - they seem rusty to me.

Forgor the /s

Aye, I can’t argue with that

I have read this a hundred times and it’s still as beautiful as the day I first read it.

Yesss let’s go.

I can finally die in peace.

I have never contributed directly to open source, perhaps because I have never felt truly confident about my programming skills. But I have always done all that I can - starring repos I like, helping beginners with linux related issues, contributing to discussions in forums, promoting foss in a friendly way wherever I can and leaving feedback and reports wherever I can.

I guess it’s something Yet I find my mind wandering sometimes If I am contributing enough.

Ah yes enslaved chromium

Lol that’s a pretty fun idea actually- just to see the commits evolve over time. I know there are over 1 million commits but yeah when you think about it all of them pretty much document the state of kernel at that time.

Damn I see it now.

(Sorry for my bad England)

Guess communism jokes are old now. Sad times.

Yes sadly, I see your point. Big corporates are ruining everything. This is not to say I advocate communism but it’s sad to see the only alternative to communism devolving into a toxic system.

Ah yes, late stage capitalism. Communism was the answer all along. /S

Edit: I love how evryone ignored /S for sarcasm. Just to clarify, yes I know communism is ideal on paper but doesn’t work in real life and yes, capitalism while having its flaws is the only alternate we have.

I think you’ve got it all covered. But for my 2 cents: maybe resources to keep them engaged after these classes, a beginner’s book like “the command line by william schotts” might be an Excellent resource to recommend.

Throwing in a word for foss as someone else is also a nice idea. It would be even better if you could relate it your own life. For example - I use tons of custom scripts for purposes like creating automated git backups and syncing my gdrive using rclone. If you could show your students a glimpse of what you as a enthusiast could accomplish(and what they might customise someday too) it can leave a very lasting positive impression and desire to learn more in their minds.