On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:38:31 +0100, [H]omer wrote:
> The Role and Value of Truly Free Linux Distributions
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> | As GNU/Linux becomes more popular, the motives behind its
> | inceptions are often forgotten. Linux is a free operating system,
> | but its broadening userbase perceives this freedom as pertaining to
> | cost, not rights and liberty.
> `----
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> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3706441
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> An excellent article promoting the importance of strictly Free distros
> such as gNewSense and Gobuntu.
ALl power to 'em; if that's what some people want, I'm glad they have that
option available. But most ordinary users - and if Linux usage really
begins to take off, they'll be in the majority - want all the codecs and
other functionality that Windows users have, and which a completely Free
distros cannot provide.
Still, I don't think totally Free distros are at all a bad thing, just not
relevent to most people.
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Kier
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