What is wrong with you t3g?
Of all the GNU/Linux distributions to dismiss, why would any sane person
chose to dismiss Sonar?
Sonar is pursuing a niche but very real demographic. Unfortunately, my guess
is that most people who need technical accessibility are not aware of the
benefits of GNU/Linux, let alone aware of the most well known and established
distributions. By creating a dedicated distribution for accessibility, Mr.
Nadeau is immediately removing any uncertainty about who the distribution is
for. It's all very well and nice to argue that he should just pursue his
energies into Debian or RHEL etc, but those distributions don't exist to
demand that their users are given the tools needed for universal
accessibility.
You could apply your very same criticism for Sonar to Trisquel. Why bother
with it? Why not just use a script to clean Ubuntu? Or why not contribute to
gNewSense instead, the official FSF sponsored distribution? Why not use
Debian with only free repos?
I use Trisquel because it makes freedom its priority, it is well maintained,
and offers new users to GNU/Linux a tasteful and aesthetic way to appreciate
freedom respecting software. I use it because of the users' common respect
for free software, and their regard for technical liberation over
convenience.
Similar reasons could well be made for Sonar, in terms of a common need for
universal accessibility. Also, I think this criticism is more than
disingenuous when this very week, the GNU/Linux community has seen big
updates from Descent, Sparky and LinuxLite etc etc, which offer virtually
nothing to its users other than a slightly modified DE and wallpapers from
their parent distributions.
Sonar is a complete distribution unto itself, compared to these.
>So he is willing to have free software activists help him out and then turns
around and locks down his version of it. Classy guy.
I didn't know Sonar was going to be "locked down". Do you have a source?
Here, I have one just for you: http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman
