> without some people being practical). An interesting anecdote of which was > the BIOS issue (BIOS firmware being non-free and proprietary), if any of > you remember the same. RMS uses "semi"-laptop because there are no > completely free/open source laptop (including BIOS) available on market. > How many of us are ready to do something like that, does it even make sense > for each of us to do that.
Lemote. RMS uses Lemote. http://www.ilug-cochin.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/10.jpg > Now "that"(freedom in software) is one of the > things I care about. There are many other things that I care about, like > giving basic education for kids, to inspire some of them follow research > etc and many others outside education, like freedom of speech etc. Now > when I draw the line towards being over idealistic in one specific > directions, I have to compromise on others or not be successful in any of > them. So at the end of the day, it is a personal choice. Now using the > term "GNU/Linux" : I tend to use GNU/Linux whenever possible but don't try > to be a word-nazi. If I feel that, the person don't know about free > software, I try to inspire them to it and let them to choose. But the personal choice should not be wrong like "Linux Operating System". > It is kind of a waste of all our time to repeat the > same thing over and again, You will feel that it is a waste, if you don't recognize the value of freedom. I understand that you are explaining your convenience and not freedom. > so that we can > spent the remaining time in contributing effectively to make the free > software community stronger. Let us all contribute in code, design or > something creative than just thru arguments. The code is mightier than the > word. ;) You have to do coding. But that's a secondary thing, which has lesser importance compared to the Free Software movement. _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
