ME:: Software is terrible for everybody but even more terrible for disabled folks but people like fireborn, a blind developer, are heroically fixing it gradually ; I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn
Discovered: Jun 27, 2025 16:40 ME:: Software is terrible for everybody but even more terrible for disabled folks but people like fireborn, a blind developer, are heroically fixing it gradually ; I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn
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This isn’t a rant from someone who gave Linux a shot and bounced off.
This is from someone who’s used Linux full-time for years as a blind user—someone who knows the system inside out, who has made it work through manual configuration, scripting, rebuilding broken packages, and sheer force of will.
- Read the whole thing: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn
- Part 2:: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 2 – The Audio Stack Is a Crime Scene
- I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Interlude – A Thank You, Where It’s Due
- Part 3:: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 3 – Speakup, BRLTTY, and the Forgotten Infrastructure of Console Access
- Part 4:: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 4 – Wayland Is Growing Up. And Now We Don’t Have a Choice