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Asking this on a site called Hacker News is gold.

• system2 27d ago
  Heh, true, but when I think about open source, I think of "developing". Hacking indicates a restricted device being unlocked or doing things that it was not meant to do. If this is the definition of hacking, installing Ubuntu on a brand-new machine is hacking.
  • zem 27d ago
    it's the difference between "hacking" and "hacking on"
  • broodbucket 27d ago
    No it doesn't. Hacking meant something akin to "tinkering" long before it meant unauthorised compromise of a system.
    • system2 25d ago
      You are saying exactly what I said in my first response.