linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: What I've been up to with Linux lately

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> That is okay for RMS who uses just EMACS. But for people who want a
> computer that does something more than from the 1980s, we need more. My
> experience with Debian illustrates a problem. If you cannot get the OS to
> do what you want then you do not use the OS. You are erecting barriers and
> to what purpose, to chase some ideal in an unideal world. In the end
> it hurts your cause because it if people stop using it, what are you making
> it for?
>
> It does no good making binary blobs available if you cannot get to them
> because you have no connection. What do they not get about this?
>
> Roy

What Debian does helps their cause. They want you to be frustrated by your closed source hardware. They want you to get mad! They want you to say, you know, the next time I'm going to make sure what I buy with my hard earned cash is free and open source!

Nothing binds better than ignorance. Consider yourself a little more enlightened now.