You know, I mostly agree with this too. I prefer see people use Ubuntu than
Windows because Ubuntu will value more their freedom than Windows. But you
can't forget that, Linux Mint (and t3g is right about that) supports more
non-free software than Ubuntu itself. As a matter of fact those 2
distributions are becoming more problematic for the use of only free
software.
You can't (as an example) use Unity with the Nouveau Driver, you will have an
horrible performance problem, and that is a simple fact. I personally don't
like Linux Mint because of that kind of problem... it is a distribution
centred (almost) on non-free software, and would have preferred to see
thinkPenguin releasing a machine under Ubuntu for the Ubuntu community than
for Linux Mint.
But once again, those are only my single thoughts and this is just marketing,
I don't censure Chris has I already asked him in another post why there was
support for Ubuntu and had a good answer for my question from here, after
that anyone do what he/she wants. And, if Chris can "survive" financially
only with Hardware and Trisquel, and if this kind of business affairs is good
for him to survive and for us to continue to have free hardware, then I have
nothing to say.
