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

It is a bad strategy. I would rather switch to a distro that works than
spend money uselessly. My hardware works with every other distro. They have
me pegged wrong.
I am not a zealot. I am a computer user.
Roy

Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada


On 13 June 2012 20:14, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
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> > 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?
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> > 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?
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> > Roy
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> 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.
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