On 2/10/07, Matthew Flaschen <<a href="mailto:matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu">matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Patrick Newberry wrote: > <a href="http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter_archives.php?id=40">http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter_archives.php?id=40</a> > > > 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 (<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/philosophy">http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/philosophy</a>) to be libre. I'm looking into Gnewsense ( <a href="http://www.gnewsense.org/">http://www.gnewsense.org/</a>), a seriously libre version of Ubuntu, again. Matthew Flaschen</blockquote><div> 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. </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div> -- Carpe Diem