On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 12:43, Ely Levy wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> 
> > On 17 Sep 2002, David Howard wrote:
> > 
> > > Sent using Evolution in Libranet Linux.
> > 
> > How is libranet, BTW?

Excellent! Debian with a straightforward install and near-perfect HW detection.

> > How easy is it to install packackes from debian's stable on it? How many
> > incompatibilities are there?

100% Debian-compliant. No incompatibilities reported.

> 
> libranet is everything but libra it costs 50$ and you can't download it at
> all.
> well not as far as I could see anyhow.

Not quite accurate. The latest release (2.7 now) is always commercial,
but the previous release (now 2.0.2) is a free download. And then, the
package manager *is* apt-get. Upgrade away!

> Sounds weird way to give GPL programs
RMS was asked specifically about the payment. He approved
unconditionally (free *speech* doesn't automatically include free beer).

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David Howard
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Sent using Evolution in Libranet Linux.

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