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  • ace_garp@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlThe Dislike to Ubuntu
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    1 month ago

    I remember when Ubuntu was released, and I still have one of the first or second release Ubuntu shipit CDs.

    Ubuntu was good at marketing and they were good at making things ‘just work’.

    It was often the recommended choice of starter-distro due to hardware compatibility.

    I’ve installed and admin’ed Ubuntu on 20 PCs in a small office setting, and it provides a decent user experience.

    I would not personally use Ubuntu.

    My daily driver now is Trisquel GNU/Linux, which is Ubuntu with all non-free packages(and binary blobs) removed.

    If you are at the stage where you know how to source hardware that works with FLOSS-drivers, try out a fully-free FSF approved distro.

    https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html

    Clean, with zero corporate fluff.



  • ace_garp@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlWorks about free software.
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    1 month ago

    One of the best quotes about Free Software, was how it is essentially using the same principles as Judo, use the opponents momentum against them.

    The way Free Software uses full, restrictive copyright to create a permissive, free sharing-based copyright is an excellent example of the technique within many Judo throws.

    I can’t remember where this quote was from, and a quick search found nothing. Maybe someone else can pinpoint it.