[Jonas Smedegaard] > In other words: If you want "Debian spiced up with non-free stuff", > you really do not want Debian but Ubuntu.
Some obviously believe this to be true, while I do not. I believe Debian also is for those that need to "spice" it up with non-free stuff. I do not claim to speak for the Debian project, of course, but I know I have several Debian Developers who agree with me that Debian should cater for all users, and try to make the user experience as good as possible, also for those that need to use non-free software, firmware or drivers. And for the Skolelinux project, our guiding star have always been to work on what will make the resulting "product" useful to as many schools as possible. The Skoleliux distribution is a way to make more people, especially young people, aware of the qualities of free software, and for that to work, they need to be able to get Skolelinux working on the machines and equipment they have at the moment. The alternative for schools is to use Windows or MacOSX, and we need to work very hard to get them to choose something based on free software instead. That means compromise and pragmatism when it comes to the packages we distribute and the solutions we implement. Trying to force anything else on schools will simply drive them away from free software, and only the non-free software houses have anything to gain from that. So, I believe you should pick Debian even if you need it spiced up with non-free stuff, because Debian provide stability, quality and integration on a level very few other distrubions can compete with. :) Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
