Re: [Trisquel-users] R Stallman and Trisquel (google)

[chris]

The problem with saying Trisquel is a one-man show is that there are other  
people involved. Frequently indirectly. Trisquel takes the work of Canonical  
and fixes it essentially. Then there is Jason who maintains a wonderful  
repository. While outside of the distribution it enables people to get  
Trisquel working on newer and not yet supported hardware. Then there are  
others yet- ThinkPenguin- (CEO here) which tests everything against the  
distribution. It might seem minimalistic value, but a significant amount of  
hardware that is suppose to work doesn't. Then there is also the FSF. The FSF  
has the Respect Your Freedom certification program and that's also important  
because it guarantees the issues with buying random hardware go away. When  
you buy a TP wireless card you don't know what your getting. Despite h-node  
claiming it's free software friendly there is no guarantee that it actually  
is. Manufacturers change chipsets on a whim and frequently don't advertise  
the change. Even companies that advertise the chipset for a given product  
often fail to update it. So when you ordered that RTL8187 wifi card did it  
actually ship with an RTL8187 chip? It may not have. Or if it did, maybe that  
adapter doesn't work right, with free software. Having an actual community  
around a project helps it to thrive. It's not just a one man show no matter  
if it's just one developer taking care of the core development issues. Not to  
mention there have been a number of contributions from outside parties to  
Trisquel over the last 3-4 years. Just because your not aware of them doesn't  
mean it's not happening.