On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, green <greenfreedo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom H wrote at 2012-02-14 11:18 -0600: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:34 AM, green <greenfreedo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Frankly, I am surprised that comments here suggest apathy and even >> > hostility >> > toward (that is, questioning the value of) a search for a strictly "free >> > software" device, especially considering Debian's social contract and the >> > purpose of reducing maintenance requirements. Do you or others here enjoy >> > purchasing a system on which Linux does not work correctly until months >> > later, if ever? >> >> :) >> >> The perceived hostility is an artifact of your own aggressivity; >> basically "I want this", "I don't want that", "I refuse to compromise >> on this". > > Probably my refusal to compromise is from past experiences with troublesome > hardware on systems that needed to work ASAP. And a significant portion of > those was related to non-free, out-of-tree kernel modules. > >> I also reject your premise (as I've understood it) that the packages >> in main are more stable than the packages in the non-main repos - and >> I'm sure that the developers who maintain the latter packages would >> prefer that you be more respectful of their work. > > Hey, sorry. I am just trying to express the reason for my feelings, not > trying to bash anything.
You were wondering why there hadn't been a more dynamic response to your post and I just gave you my answer. I'm even happy for you to call me apathetic for my attitude! :) I forgot in my previous email to thank you for bringing up these products because I've been asked to set up a Mac Mini as an intranet server and I'm going to look at the boxes that have been mentioned in this thread possibly to make a counter proposal. I'd previously only glanced at Acer's Revo and Veriton offerings. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szrt9vkc17aafjyn3v5br79fqaa6eagm8zsbkkbjuz...@mail.gmail.com
