Hi. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:25:06PM -0400, Doug wrote: > I think these FSF guys are nuts!
May be. But they are right kind of nuts in today's crazy world. > They are definitely /not/ for > freedom--they would, if they could, prohibit people and Linux > distros from including software that people want, and in many, if > not most, cases, need. Was not the case so far. Creating their own free software distros based on what they consider non-free distors - yes. Disallowing others to violate GNU-approved licenses - yes. Forbidding someone to use certain software - no. > Of all the distros they mention, it seems that Mint has got it > mostly /right/! No meaningful security updates, no independent codebase, no possibility to upgrade between releases, questionable design decisions - these are actually qualities of Mint distribution. Thanks, I'll take Debian over it every time I have to choose. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131030055900.GA21670@x101h
