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2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice AwardsPosted Nov 17, 2003 20:03 UTC (Mon) by ohmygod (guest, #16929)Parent article: 2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards You guys have problems with Microsoft but not with Adobe, eh? The era of free Linux is over. Choose Suse or Red Hat. Xandros sucks!
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free-as-in-beer distros Posted Nov 17, 2003 21:29 UTC (Mon) by ccyoung (guest, #16340) [Link] with RH going to enterprise, you have Fedora, which should be free-as-in-beer for a while. if you're a real man, you can use Debian - although with new installer, and with $$ going into a desktop distro, the real man qualification might soon be dropped.in any case, IMHO, for non-contributers and non-third-worlders such as myself, a yearly contribution for the rights to the upgrade service is appropriate.
free-as-in-beer distros Posted Nov 17, 2003 22:31 UTC (Mon) by arcticwolf (guest, #8341) [Link] Actually, I think you can use Debian if you're a real woman, too.
free-as-in-beer distros Posted Nov 17, 2003 22:58 UTC (Mon) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] > a yearly contribution for the rights to the upgrade service is appropriatePersonally I use Debian and donate to FSF. Charitable donations are a more efficient way of funding services, since they bypass the taxman etc. Updates might be the most visible service that people use, but the work FSF does in defending the GPL etc. is an important service that we should fund when we can. Becoming an associate member of FSF is one good way to fund them, and you get a few freebies (heh, not just software) member.fsf.org
free-as-in-beer distros Posted Nov 18, 2003 5:14 UTC (Tue) by bajw (guest, #11712) [Link] I love and often download the free-as-in-beer distros; I get broadband access as a perc from my job. I also support the FSF, and the EFF, and the CPSR with the money I save from the broadband and from having to buy ugly proprietary software. I try to be as generous as I can, since I am not a programmer and cannot contribute in that way.The freedom is the part that matters, not the cost, and I always contribute way more than it would cost to buy some nasty trapware. I always urge others who can afford to to do the same. Donations to the FSF work in great ways, and are as good a way to "buy software" as there is. I encourage all who can to become associate members, and to donate whatever else they can. It is *very* important. -BA
2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Posted Nov 17, 2003 23:13 UTC (Mon) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] > You guys have problems with Microsoft but not with Adobe, eh?It's important to reject all proprietary software, but it's possibly more important to tell other people why we do so. Proprietary software vendors see GNU/Linux as an emerging platform, but they don't want their users to expect freedom, so they hide the issue of freedom by calling the whole OS "Linux", and incompletely embracing "OpenSource". These parasite companies want to benefit from the free market without contributing to it. At the moment, people are joining the community faster than we can educate them. This is unfortunate because many don't know about why the OS was created, why we still have it, or how we could lose it. Of course, the solution is to have more educators, so please tell people about Free Software, and the GNU project, and don't be afraid to talk about freedom -- before we lose it.
2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Posted Nov 18, 2003 1:39 UTC (Tue) by a_hippie (guest, #34) [Link] I agree coriordan. I am often amazed at how few people really understandthe underpinnings of free software. BTW, I would welcome further dialogue if you wouldn't mind. You can contact me at ke6sls_PUTanATsymbleHERE_linux.net. Wishing you well.
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