The GNU project (and RMS) seem to get a lot of meme-ridicule, but GDB is a powerhouse. I've only had occasion to mess with it a little, but it seems to have had such a huge impact on people's development work over the years.
The GNU/Linux copypasta thing which is all over reddit all the time, for example. Saying the software is "bloated" is another trope. Thirdly, a suggestion that it (GNU, free software) is all very impractical or "backward". I guess in general a feeling that it's not "cool" or "hip", maybe?
I don't know, it seems very common to me. Have you not seen anything like that?
People on Reddit have call bin utils and core utils bloated? I sort of assumed we all just took those for granted as rock solid and the reason that we can have a free Unix operating system. Huh. Maybe I'm wrong though. What subreddits are saying this? Again, genuine question, I think I must be getting old!
I'm not on Reddit these days, and haven't been in a year or so maybe, so couldn't show you anything more than what you could find with a quick search on maybe r/linux or similar heavily populated subreddits related to these things.
The point being made in the comment linked to, briefly, is how non-SW engineers "turn their nose up at open-source solutions". It's a bit broader than what I was saying, but was roughly the kind of trend I was trying to allude to.
Ok, that's interesting to hear. More reason to spend (even) less time on Reddit and Youtube, I suppose, which is probably where I've been over-exposed to these sorts of points.
