One thing I believe should be considered is this: if Debian did not exist
then gnewsense, trisquel, ubuntu, tails, mint, and a lot of other distros,
would probably not exist either. If we read the social contract of debian, we
see they are serious about helping the society to have freedom and mutual
respect (if one sees computers as tools and not an end). Now, we can say that
we want "community" and not "society", I might agree with that, but for what
it is, Debian is great. And we should all be thankful debian exists. As for
the fsf... I have to say that Debian would not exist too if it was not for
the work of the FSF and RMS. But that is no excuse for them to "reject"
debian. Putting debian on the same list as ubuntu, is a little offending.
I have to say that I like trisquel, and I like debian. I prefer debian
because it is more "rock source" than trisquel that is "worked over ubuntu
worked over debian work". More room for errors and such.
Now, clearly EVERYONE who has ever worked on free software and open source
software has given something to the whole picture. Canonical for example,
they also gave us a lot, let's be honest. Many people might not have tried
"linux" if it wasn't for ubuntu. Myself included. BUT the choices one makes
along the way are also important. Canonical has turned their work into
something I dislike and disagree. Debian has not. Debian actually gives us
the choice to use 3 different kernels (linux, freebsd, hurd) which is
something no other distro does. Debian brings free software to tablets,
lemotes, and other devices. I don't see anyone complaining about running
debian on a tablet, but when it comes to pc, they say "only fsf endorsed
distros are good, debian is evil". Truth is we probably should make a
petition for the fsf to accept debian as a fsf endorsed distro, because it is
a lack of respect for all the work they have done not to do so. Debian does
not provide non-free software and they have made things very simple to avoid
mistakes and pitfalls.
I have been thinking about using Trisquel once again, but when I think of the
stability and security of debian I can't go back to trisquel. I appreciate
all the work of Trisquel, and hope it goes on (when is a new update coming
along??) but for me debian is the way to go.
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