On Sunday 17 August 2003 18:38, Jesse Meyer wrote: > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Kevin Mark wrote: > > http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=260 > > > > [ SNIP ] > > > > RMS: When I recommend a GNU/Linux distribution, I choose based on > > ethical considerations. Today I would recommend GNU/LinEx, the > > distribution prepared by the government of Extremadura, because that's > > the only installable distribution that consists entirely of free > > software. If I knew of more than one such distribution, I would choose > > between them based on practical considerations. > > > > [ SNIP ] > > > > So now that Debian is 10, RMS changes to another distro? What's up? > > We criticize our politicians for having no backbone. > We criticize RMS for sticking to his principles. > > ~ Jesse Meyer
Well said. I have enormous respect for RMS, and I think every movement needs someone with principles like that to 'keep them honest'. Having said that, I think in this particular case, I'd put pragmatism ahead of principles and be more concerned to recommend a distro that was *easy* to use and least likely to send the new user back to what he's familiar with - W*ndoze. (And dare I say it, that wouldn't be Debian either. Maybe (from what I've heard) knoppix. :) Of course, LinEx might actually be very user-friendly, but that wasn't RMS's reason for recommending it. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
