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   Chris Ahlstrom to All   
   Re: Google Releases New Open Font   
   22 Dec 25 07:25:02   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > Le 21-12-2025, Farley Flud  a écrit :   
   >> On 21 Dec 2025 14:52:06 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> There are no "conventions" in GNU/Linux.   
   >>>   
   >>> There are.   
   >>   
   >> Conventions = Defaults   
   >   
   > No. There are always defaults, there is no way around, a variable must   
   > have a default value. That doesn't mean that lot of people with agree to   
   > chose the same defaults. That's the difference between convention and   
   > default.   
   >   
   >> Those fascist pigs can eliminate user configurability and thereby   
   >> force everyone into a design of their own choosing.   
   >   
   > As you are requesting every user to do the same choices as yours, that   
   > makes you a fascist pig?   
      
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