Linspire / Ubuntu partnership

[Joel Bryan Juliano]

On 2/10/07, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> Patrick Newberry wrote:
> > http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter_archives.php?id=40
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts on this partnership? Click and run (CNR)  in ubuntu?
>
> Not a fan.  Just makes it easier for proprietary software to creep into
> an OS that is supposed (http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/philosophy) to be
> libre.  I'm looking into Gnewsense (http://www.gnewsense.org/), a
> seriously libre version of Ubuntu, again.
>
> Matthew Flaschen


Unfortunately not all users care if the drivers and software their using is
proprietary or not,
an average user will likely to use what's in there, and isn't interested
that much about it's existence. They probably care more about it's user
experience and to get their jobs done.

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