I agree with Jay, I started out with Ubuntu too.. But now I use Ubuntu with AwesomeWM (awesome.naquadah.org) not much of GNOME on my lappy..
-- Y On 8 December 2012 22:45, Jay Cassano <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to go against the grain here slightly and argue that we should > redouble efforts to get this *out* of Ubuntu rather than abandoning Ubuntu. > Ubuntu is a key entry point for a lot of people into the world of free > software, even if they are not stalwart defenders of it. I, for one, > wouldn't know anything about free software or the FSF if it weren't for > starting out with Ubuntu. > > This is not at all to belittle the concerns people have expressed about > Ubuntu, as I share them completely and will be encouraging my family members > to move away from Ubuntu. But for me it's a question of thinking > strategically about what's best for the free software movement - and I think > having a popular, accessible, easy-to-use distribution like Ubuntu is > immensely beneficial to our movement and we should therefore work within > Ubuntu to change it rather than jettisoning it. > > Jay > > > > On 12/08/2012 12:02 PM, Alexander Berntsen wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> The solution is simple. Don't use Ubuntu. Tell other people to not >> use Ubuntu, and explain why they shouldn't. When speaking >> about free software, don't speak of Ubuntu. >> >> Free software is about user freedom. If it doesn't properly respect >> your freedom to choose what you want to share -- your privacy -- it >> isn't free software. >> >> Theo de Raadt had it right when he identified Canonical as «traitors >> to the cause, mostly in it for the money and power.» >> >> - -- Alexander >> [email protected] >> http://plaimi.net/~alexander >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> >> iF4EAREIAAYFAlDDcsEACgkQRtClrXBQc7VmtAD/dX9AabTGAMOeLSvE0fncy0ia >> 6zsQCGrTRw0pWBdp7UYA/R9UnTCm7RexeYNeG4ER51M+SGaAzMY95EUga9Bi05bs >> =95Nq >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> > >
