On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 03:47:56PM -0000, Darksyde wrote:
> Hi all!
> Then we have the GNU-crowd who feel that it is unfair and contrary to the original philosophy of GNU/Linux to incorporate non-free packages and to (minor beef here) minimize the importance of GNU in the original development of the wonderful platform we enlightened folk use today.
http://xkcd.
says it nicely. Much as I admire those who only use free software, if
you plan to use Linux for more than a hobby, proprietary software is
often a necessity.
Flash, peripherals, wireless....
shot itself in the foot, breaking the popular netbook wireless N card,
AR928x. Bug was filed awhile ago, and is being ignored.
One major problem with Linux, in many cases, is lack of accountabilty.
Interesting, if somewhat dated, read (26 pages--though some are quite
short.)
http://www.thejemre
--
Scott Robbins
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