Re: [Nolug] Distro suggestions

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:

> Uh oh!!! Debian has non-free, yet RH (don't know about Enterprise,
> though) from v1.0 all the way through 9.2 has *only* had FLOSS
> s/w on it. Thus, to be pure, you should dump Debian, and go to
> RH.

non-free isn't part of Debian. (http://www.debian.org/social_contract)

    We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our FTP archive
    for this software. The software in these directories is not part
    of the Debian system, although it has been configured for use with
    Debian.

> Or, are you a socialist (it's a free country*, after all), and
> dislike free enterprise?

Gee, before we get into this debate involving words like "socialist",
"free country", "free enterprise", "extreme liberals", etc., I'd need
to know a lot more about you. What are your premises?

Just because I say I prefer Debian and the freedoms of Free Software,
I must be a socialist? Have you actually talked politics with rms?

Mark.

-- 
Peace is only better than war if peace isn't hell, too.
    -- Walker Percy, "The Second Coming"
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