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10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution (TechRepublic)

10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution (TechRepublic)

Posted Apr 10, 2008 2:12 UTC (Thu) by yarikoptic (subscriber, #36795)
Parent article: 10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution (TechRepublic)

I don't know who is smoking something strong here (I confess I had some beer), but excluding
Debian from "100 % open" is pretty much an assault. Sure thing there is non-free and contrib
sections available, but those are just an option for you to decide upon. 

Also, I might be ignorant, but what other "100%" distributions ship Ice... products instead of
Fire... trademarked ones (read iceweasel vs firefox) which might bite you whenever you expect
it least?

The flow "distributions released under GPL" -> if not -> "with proprietary drivers" (ie
non-free) is misleading and shortsighted imho. BTW - is there any distribution which contains
GPL-only pieces? GPL is not inclusive of all FOSS.

And what you should consider while talking about support that every "main" (ie 100% free)
package in Debian is supported (in contrast to all-in-1 multiverse...). And support !=
Community. Thus I would have made a separate section on support itself.


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