Ubuntu is not free.

[Derek Broughton]

Gilles Gravier wrote:

> The problem arises when you decide to put Ubuntu (or any other OS) on a
> machine that you already have... then you have to live with whatever
> hardware you already had before... probably hardware that *WAS* running
> fine on Windows with proprietary drivers.
> 
> I like ideals... but reality kicks in every now and then... a bit (just
> a bit) of moderation and realistic behavior will go a long way.

Sorry, but you're not talking reality here.  If I have hardware that doesn't
support Linux, why would I even try to install Linux on it - after all,
you're saying that it's already got a working OS on it.  If I want to use
Linux for philosophical reasons, then I have to live with the limitations. 
If I _need_ to use Linux because it's the only way to do 'X', then it's
incumbent to use hardware that works with Linux.
-- 
derek