[DNG] fifth freedom

2019-12-11 Thread freemedia via Dng
free software force and golinux have expressed interest in a revised version of the four freedoms, which i was initially very shy about the idea of. for some time ive proposed as an alternative a list of companion qualities or "pillars" which i havent completely abandoned yet. still, while seek

Re: [DNG] fifth freedom

2019-12-12 Thread freemedia via Dng
>  Let me just kindly ask you to restrict the habit of numbering things starting from 0 to programming in C (and derived languages). In these languages it is a trick to map array indexes to address arithmetic; out of this scope it makes no sense. the scope it makes sense in is that the first f

Re: [DNG] (forw) Re: Fw: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

2019-12-14 Thread freemedia via Dng
Steve Litt said: > > An init system is not an isolated component, but is deeply integrated > in the core layer of the system and affects many packages. > > Ummm, the preceding

Re: [DNG] Fw: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

2019-12-17 Thread freemedia via Dng
Steve Litt wrote: > Not Gentoo --- they're slowly sliding toward systemd. this is important to me, and ive looked for more information on the gentoo forums and website, and i cant find the trend. ive admired your criticism of systemd for a long time: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Libret

Re: [DNG] Fw: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

2019-12-18 Thread freemedia via Dng
g4sra wrote: > FOSS and the FSF have not lived up to my expectations, my fault for expecting > too much. > I am now pinning my hopes on the future growth of FFS (Five Freedoms > Software). glad to have you aboard, g4sra. i believe jaromil likes this as well, i certainly dont expect him to pr

Re: [DNG] Fw: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

2019-12-18 Thread freemedia via Dng
> Since you mention that, I'm really surprised you managed to write a long, long screed on that subject that nowhere even mentions Montesquieu. > (Of course, your concern wasn't about government structure but rather, er, some highly abstract, yet very verbose, ideological point.) gee rick, ive

Re: [DNG] I'm sorry for my post

2019-12-19 Thread freemedia via Dng
steve, it was appreciated in any event, and probably intended to help people on the list. i intended my earlier post to be under the proper subject, but forgot to edit it. not that i havent already been careful about that, but i missed that one. ___ Dn