Hi I know , I know this is kind of OT, but please bear
For some time now i have been grappling with the feeling that maybe , just maybe its better to leave some users to Wincedows or whatever propreitory OS and hardware they are on. Its been a passion of mine to talk about FLOSS and introduce people to Linux. Through the work i do, presentations etc. The values of free (as in speech), transparent, intrinsically honest (open) and democratic are something we could learn from and carry on to everyday life. In fact i wish life we more like FOSS / FLOSS software. FOSS Theory and practice i a couple of light years ahead of what we humans would like to achieve in our society, which sadly is in an advanced stage of selfish depravity. These FOSS values, and of course the fact that its technologically very advanced and its free and can be passed around without fear of being called a thief adds immensely to its values. But after about 6 years of spreading foss around have begun to wonder if its worth it to try and pass it on to everybody. Some people we have to leave out - those whose office allows only some kinds of tools (for privacy, security -ha ha ha, etc) But my frustration is with those plain lazy ones, who can't be bothered about the Philosophy or the cool software and don't want to make "any effort" to change, even though their computers go down every week, or they spend hours browsing scary sites or they lose data and have not way to recover it and even though there are people willing to literally hand hold them through every stage. Introducing any one to any Linux is an involved affair, one can't leave them after the install one has to be available for some kind of support till they are ready to graduate to a forum (since many forums ain't so helpful to new comers). Personally i am willing to take this pain, because the end result will be a far happier person with far more secure software. But I am ready to give up on the lazy ones who like the idea but won't do a damn. (maybe i should introduce them to damn (that) small linux) So what kinds of people would you not introduce to linux ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
