Re: [Trisquel-users] blasphemous question here

[jclaba]

May I respectfully suggest that when someone asks for help in using a  
non-free software package, perhaps he doesn't realize it's non-free, or  
perhaps he doesn't know of any free (as in freedom) alternatives. As a  
relative newcomer to Trisquel (and free software), I fell into both  
categories on this one. One might counter that the question could have been  
phrased better, but we newbies don't always think of those things because  
we're still getting our heads around this fabulous new (to us) concept.

Your first two paragraphs were pretty good in these respects, but instead of  
bashing him for wanting to install user-subjugating software, why not warn  
him of the hazards and suggest a few possible alternatives? That would be  
helpful, instructive, and supportive of our cause. Had I asked this question,  
that would have been the kind of answer I was really looking for, even if I  
hadn't realized it up front.