2014-11-08 14:27:19, [email protected]: > I think sooner or later, I will give up on trisquel too. > First from a ideological point of view, i have concluded that nowadays it's > impossible to achieve real freedom and privacy AND being part of the digital > society at the same time. Despite the nsa scandal, the freesoftware > movement didn't advance, and my efforts in contributing to this movements > are in vain; i expect it to remain tiny in the near future, maybe until > some serioius catastrophe changes the minds of people. Trying ti avoid > being spied on and hsving freedom is at the moment like trying to prevent a > ship pierced with thousands of holes from sinking with your bare hands. > > Talking about the os, i have experienced a lot more dependency/ apt errors > and found every trisquel installation break after some time, quite contrary > to debian. > I'm into gnu/linux since 12 years and know that these kind of errors i > experienced are better solved by reinstalling and not posting on a forum. > I dislike the development structure, dislike how the single developer never > talks to the community and still think he's more interested in adding nice > looking features on the feature list than providing a secure, stable and > relyable system. > He let's security updates dry out for weeks and removes an often used > program - i'm talking about thunderbird - without providing sny transition > package. Instead, he puts his time in redesigning a perfectly functual > website and implementing a risky feature into icecat. > I really get the impression that the outward appereance is all that matters > here and since he refuses to change the development structure i don't see > hope for any change in the future. > Due to serious security and privacy issues that happened in the past > (running ssh server by default, usage of google nameserver, dry out of > security updates etc.) i won't recommend this distro any longer. > Besides, i dislike how the front page creats the impression of the donations > going to the developer of the operating callec trisquel. > In fact this system is rubens work for less than 1%, the rest goes to gnu, > linux, debian, canonical developers and many more. > I think this should be pointed out somewhere. > Just my two cents.
Note: I'm not really replying just to the comment above, but to the whole topic, but since I don't know how to select a specific placement for my reply on mailing lists after deleting the message to reply to, I'm doing this here. I'm SUPPORTING the Trisquel project. Are you wondering why? Simply because I know that those delays on releases are natural, why? Put it this way: Aside from the help of the Linux-libre kernel deblobbing scripts (that have a bug which denies non-free firmware even after being installed, and as I said, is a bug, not a feature) the GNU+Linux-libre Trisquel developers must check the licenses, dependencies, recommendations and suggestions from every single package from at least 80% of those 38,544 packages available, and also have to carry on with their own lives just like anyone else here. Not mentioning the fact that even after releasing another version of GNU+Linux-libre Trisquel, it can still inherit bugs or other bad stuff from its parent project. Do you think I like to wait that much for a release? No! I don't, but I know that it's for a good cause/reason, so let's get back to reality and give some support, or at least some understanding. Also, GNU+Linux Debian is still non-free. As far as I remember, the latest GNU+Linux (or GNU+Linux-libre, if applicable) distributions to be considered free are LibreWRT and LibreCMC, and now on the non-GNU distributions, Replicant, if my memory serves me well. Unless someone shows a page from the FSF or from the GNU project stating otherwise. Also, IT IS possible to achieve complete software freedom, but it's up to us to do one or some of the following: demand hardware/computer vendors or manufacturers to make all the documentation of their products available, so that free software can be developed to work with them; buy computers and hardware from companies like ThinkPenguin, GLUGLUG, Los Alamos Computers, InaTux Computers, etc., instead of buying from the others; or postpone the problematic situation by living with those vendors/manufacturers and hunting for fully documented hardware until there are no one of these available due to technological progress. Now changing the subject a little bit... And there are social network sites that DO INDEED respect the users... Just try leaving Facebook for a month and use a Diaspora social networking site instead. And don't forget to bring your friends too, otherwise there'll be no fun. Now making some generalisation... Free software is not about privacy, although some projects do bring it about. But we should make this very clear that free software isn't about privacy, in other words, we must emphasise the four freedoms, not privacy, Best regards, ADFENO. Have a nice day. -- Assinatura automática – português brasileiro: – Blogue: http://adfeno.wordpress.com/ – Favor não enviar-me documentos do Microsoft Office ou Apple iWork. Ao invés disso, envie documentos em OpenDocument! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – Se eu não te desejar um bom dia em meus e-mails, minhas postagens, ou meus comentários; isto significa que estes foram enviados por terceiros. Automatic signature – North American English: – Blog: http://adfeno.wordpress.com/ – Please do not send me Microsoft Office or Apple iWork documents. Instead, send OpenDocument documents! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – If I don't wish you a nice day in my emails, my posts, or my comments; this means that these were sent by third parties.
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