On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... > I'm just thinking out loud with respect to the context here and *not* > the links... Is it about purity... and the word "tainted"? > > I've encountered the word "tainted" as it has been advocated (against) > regarding Linux over the years, but it was finally visually thrown > right in my face by my Debian Stretch Stable several times a couple > weeks ago. I've been trying to build a module for a dialup modem that > is the "scourge" of many a poverty level user around the Internet. > > I can't find the resulting warning/advisement message now, but it was > my Debian copy's version of, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! THAT'S GOING TO > TAINT THIS INSTALL! *smh*" There used to be a workaround: https://lwn.net/Articles/82305/ Jeff _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
