Don't use the proprietary software on your computer. Use THEIR software
on THEIR computers.
It doesn't work in all cases unfortunately. I know for example that my
employer and their clients are going to insist on non-free tools and
technologies because of corporate IT policies they established two decades
ago, and nothing I say or do is going to fix that!
Sadly, in the real world
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. They are very honest and
understandable.
> I'm a poor college student who is forced to use nonfree
> software by my work and college. I have a windows laptop that I use for these
>
> occasions.
Yeah, this makes sense, although I would not go as far as
I've been using Trisquel 8 for weeks. It's basically ready with just a few
things to wrap up. However, if you are unwilling to use it until the official
release and want to use a similarly accessible distro in the meantime, Ubuntu
would be a better temporary compromise than Mint.
Ubuntu
I'm curious why you use "Mint"?
I've been thinking around what GNU/Linux distribution should use instead of
GNU/Linux-libre because of firmware problem and I was found that "Fedora" is
the best choice. According to FSF:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html , Fedora
I can't speak for anyone besides myself, but I'd like to share my thoughts.
Since internalizing Stallman's essays, I've experienced a lot of conflicting
feelings about what course one should take.
Please, don't let this project contribute to your anxiety! I think on some
level, we're all
Yes, that's what I meant. My deepest apologies.
What do you mean with (open-source) 0_o ?
Maybe Free Software?
I decided to take a break because everyone would make threads about how
Trisquel 8 might never come out, and that made me really nervous. I decided
that it was affecting me too much.
However, I have several other things going on in my life. I really want all
software to be open-source in