>>>>> "vdongen" == vdongen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> b) Create a network of theese sites/companies/persons, charge them a >> small fee that would go to keeping the network running (hosting, >> administration, salaries?) and donate the rest to Debian vdongen> uh....wait.....debian is free.....truly free.... But Debian still needs money, e.g. for their servers, bandwidth, etc. vdongen> Choice is the keyword, I really don't want others to decide vdongen> what programs I need to run, there is a redmond based company vdongen> that already does that....un-experienced users can stick to the vdongen> most known programs....and everyone else can use the program of vdongen> their choice... If someone offers a custom distribution, you're still free to chose not to use that distribution. And unexperienced users may not know what the most known programs are. (e.g. what's the most known ICQ client? If you're new to Linux, would you even know about things like Gnome and KDE? Which of the two would you use?) And the most known programs are not necessarily the best for unexperienced users. (e.g. the most known editors are vi and emacs, whereas for a new user, I would recommend something simpler like gnotepad.) As well, custom distributions are free to include all the packages, but just install a different set of them by default. -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.geocities.com/hubertchan/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/71FDA37F Fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
