On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 08:33:42 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Linux newbies naturally start with user-friendly distributions > that provide pre-compiled programs and easy installation. This > is fine for newbies and casual users. But, as Linux users mature > they tend to move beyond the confines of their pre-masticated > distribution and start doing things for themselves. Freedom. > The key to this is source code.
> Clarence Verge wrote: >> Linux (Unix) has been around along time, but it has cancer. >> IMO, the final answer lies elsewhere. > Clarence, please don't let the library problem with Arachne turn > you against Linux. It was Michael's decision to make it closed- > source -- this is a very un-Linux thing to do. The library problem isn't likely to turn me off Linux nearly as easily as the requirement that I be prepared to compile my own code if I want to use a particular application with what may be my existing Linux version. I understand and agree with your point re: freedom. But that's only freedom to a Linux programmer - not a computer user. Heck, I wouldn't even be able to write my own applications or bits for myself unless I was willing to use "C". - Clarence Verge - Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
