I think people are better off using Microsoft Office than Google Docs. And
what are you going to tell them? "I don't recommend this Web service, but use
it anyway, here, I'll teach you how to use it"? I don't think it makes sense.
> that's never my own fault if my English skills are bad, instead those bad
educational systems are liable to this.
How is your activism in Cantonese going?
How is switching from MS Office to Google Docs is simpler than switching to
LibreOffice*? It sounds like jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Not
only are they both proprietary products, they're also both owned by
corporations that practice monopoly control whenever they can. If
But Palemoon is not free software.
Hmm,
I used google URL's to measure effectiveness of link. Did n't think of
privacy part though.
Including plain URL's here.
- http://www.distroscreens.com/2018/01/uruk-20-xfce-edition-screenshots.html
- http://theopensourcefeed.com/uruk-20-xfce-edition-is-available-now/
Ionic and React Native are famous hybrid app frameworks. They are qualified
as "open source" as their license is MIT but I'm not sure if they are fully
free. They are not listed on the Free Software Directory. I hardly find any
discussion about them within the free software community.
I am currently using Palemoon. Can't complain so far... Works pretty well.
Maybe you would like to give it a try?
To clarify "try Google Docs" is meant to be a precursor to "try LibreOffice
now you know you can use something other than Microsoft Office. Like it?
Switch to that!".
But I'm aware not everyone is going to agree with the suggestion,
particularly on this forum(!). But my thought behind it
"give Google Docs a try so you can get used to using something unfamiliar"
then it can start people on that track
Why would you want people to get started on the track to transition from MS
Office to Google Docs?
I agree. :)
However, there's usually a limit to how much change people are happy to go
through at once. Someone who's running Windows because it's pre-installed, MS
Office because that's all they've ever used and Edge because "the little blue
e is the internet" it's doubtful they're going
Well, I didn't REALLY think you picked up an AK47 and said, "Ladies and
gentleman, this is an educated college professional who does not carry a
smartphone. If nobody loses their head, then nobody loses their head.
Simon says, everybody get down on the floor except for.you sir, you
can do the
In the following fsf article it is explained that bios used not to be such a
big problem since it was stored in ROM:
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html
I understand this by comparing it to software on some electronics like a CD
player or a microwave. Sure, know days with the
rolandcoeurj...@gmail.com wrote:
Stallman says he refuses to install proprietary software. When did he
change his mind? Why was it OK to use a computer before libreboot appeared?
He probably never changed his mind about what was ethical (how should
people treat other people?) but
I am anyway unable to be restart the English tutoring, which in my place the
educational systems are failed to commit the educational basics, that's never
my own fault if my English skills are bad, instead those bad educational
systems are liable to this.
I don't have time to tell you how to
> I imagine the driving thing behind that is the young people of today
seeming to live inside the web browser and deeming everything outside of it
to be verboten.
As I suggested in my post above, your average web user is inherently
impatient and munches on web pages like candy. A casual
I think there are several reasons why mailing lists are less accessible to
new users than a forum. The sorts of users I am thinking of here are less
computer-savvy users than you or me (or most free-software supporters). I
would think that an 'average' internet user has at least some
The problem is that is better to do the computing with free software in your
computer that in a web server. In fact it is the only way to retain your
freedom in computing.
Thank you for your detailed answer, it is very useful for me.
Of course I continue to work at my job as senior web-developers in current
company where I work.
Because I have family who depends on me. But I want to deal with Free
Software for my soul not for money.
For the average Joe that only needs to check email, edit some documents and
watch YouTube you could also help them towards web applications instead of
locally installed versions. If everything they do is through a browser any
way, the underlying operating system would be unimportant.
One way is to join the Free Software Foundation as an associate member:
https://www.fsf.org/associate/
Not only would you be contributing financially to people doing great work,
but it often leads people towards IRC and XMPP chats with people who might
have some ideas for you. But the
Chromium is not supported because it is a complex collection of different
pieces, some of which are not free, and cannot be easily parced out because
each version is different. There are other Webkit browsers though: Flakon
(Qupzilla), Surf, Web, Midori, and Konqueror.
Thank you, that was a very good answer.
This is a great reply - thank you for providing these details. Yes, I agree
that Spectre seems to be a big concern for free computing. Does anyone know
what the implications may be for the EOMA68 project? I assume POWER9 isn't
affected, as I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere?
> Having a PayPal button in GNU, FSF and Trisquel.
There are some people who may have recently discovered the free software
movement, agree with its goals, and want to donate, but have not completed the
difficult process of reducing the power of proprietary software over their
lives and
In Trisquel, firefox alternative-> IceCat.
But What is the alternative of Chromium?
Chromium is not a free software?
What would be more useful is if the various free software projects provided
their own forums that they maintained within the value set of their project.
Right now there are many projects that don't do a very good job supporting
their users or products and they end up here where less help is
RMS just tries to be an example of the most ideal possibility. As for
Debian and Ubuntu, RMS did say that Debian was close to recommendable before
Ututo was recognized as 100% libre, but there's no need for that now because
GNU FSDG distros are better (in the FSF's opinion).
Then Debian and Ubuntu should be approved FSF distros because they offer the
option to install only free software.
Stallman says he refuses to install proprietary software. When did he change
his mind? Why was it OK to use a computer before libreboot appeared?
Is there any guidelines as to
Returned the keyboard to the vendor.
Having a PayPal button as a secondary option for supporting them doesn't
require cognitive dissonance. They support ways of supporting them that don't
require proprietary software use, too.
The proprietary bootloader doesn't require cognitive dissonance because using
proprietary software
> If there are things "(being) made of nonsense" or "not (being) made of
sense", then I am sadly unsure which prepositions are proper.
I don't have time to tell you how to write properly. You need to find a tutor
who is fluent in both Cantonese (your native language) and English. I'm only
I'm aware of this; I just didn't explain it properly. Both usages I was
referring to should have been "a", not "an". "hour" and "honor" both start
with vowel sounds.
I don't think anyone can speak on behalf of RMS or the FS community. I can
only speak for myself. By recognizing that we live in an imperfect world,
using ideals as a compass, and trying to carefully weigh the positive and
negative consequences of my actions. I think we can strive to live
How does Richard Stallman and the free software community deal with the
cognitive dissonance associated with the following behaviors?
Having a PayPal button in GNU, FSF and Trisquel.
Using a proprietary bootloader (before switching to libreboot.
Just curious.
Parabola, Trisquel, Uruk, Hyperbola refuses to load iwlwifi firmware, sure to
be Linux-libre kernel.
Devuan auto lodas iwlwifi firmware but also installs the system with iwlwifi,
sure to be nonfree Linux kernel.
However, Debian asks to install iwlwifi firmware packages and due to this
needs
Yes "an" follows sounds of vowels but doesn't follow letters, so we say "an
hour" and "an honour".
(1) If there are things "(being) made of nonsense" or "not (being) made of
sense", then I am sadly unsure which prepositions are proper.
(2) I clearly understand what are problematic in the Debian's "contrib"
pools, but you should be unclear what my "nonfree integrations" are, and yes
this
Greetings friends!
Recently I got inspired by FSF movement. Really good ideas which are really
close to me. I work about 15 years as web-developer, but recently this
web-development stuff became very commercialized. There already tons of the
crappy programming experience and infinite
onpon4 wrote:
> "An" is only used when the following word begins with a vowel.
I think this needs clarification. "An" is used before vowel SOUNDS, not
necessarily the letters themselves. The word "uniform" starts with a
vowel, but we actually say "a uniform". See also: "It's a Unix system,
I
I'm young, and I like Evolution much more than my webmail.
I love being able to use email almost like normal even when I have no
network connection.
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