Re: [off-topic] Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread lain.
Arch does have more software in their repositories compared to Debian. I would rather make the comparison of Arch having more softrware/packages, but Debian has more developers explicitely targetting for it and supporting it. On 2023年07月12日 16:01, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2023-07-12 at 22:18

[off-topic] Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2023-07-12 at 22:18 +0900, lain. wrote: > After all, Richard Stallman has been fighting for software freedom since > 1985, which is probably before most of us are even born. Ouch! Most geeks are Boomers or from Generation X, which is explained by the fact that we were able to enjoy the fir

Re: Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread lain.
(Just realized that for some reason, Mutt keeps sending emails to the user rather than the mailing list.) 1. If you mean "free" as in "gratis", then yes. Both free as in libre and proprietary as in, well, proprietary are available free of charge in the repositories, although the AUR might include

Re: Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread Robin Candau
Le 12/07/2023 à 13:59, Source Code a écrit : Hello, I wanted to clarify something else: 1. I understand Arch Linux is absolutely free? And all the proprietary programs that are related to Arch Linux are also free, and I don't have to pay for them, right? Yes, Arch linux itself is absolutely fr

Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread Source Code
Hello, I wanted to clarify something else: 1. I understand Arch Linux is absolutely free? And all the proprietary programs that are related to Arch Linux are also free, and I don't have to pay for them, right? 2. Proprietary programs are associated with programming or anything else that I can downl