Resisting the binary blob -> Debian

Posted Nov 14, 2006 21:05 UTC (Tue) by seyman (subscriber, #1172)
In reply to: Resisting the binary blob -> Debian by seyman
Parent article: Resisting the binary blob

[Sorry about the parent post.Wrong button.]

There is one distribution where

Going further down the road, isn't this the whole point of having distributions in the first place ?

There are distributions that are turn-key in nature, that will come fully loaded with all the binary bits you need to get every last bit's worth out of your computer (well, provided your architecture is approved by all your vendors) and the only thing it will cost you is your freedom.

And existing besides those distributions, there are those that actually try to preserve that freedom and do their best to serve their users without taking their liberties away from them.

Why can't people chose one or the other ?