> I wanted to free my computing fully, so I installed Trisquel on my
computer. When I first installed it, I botched the installation and lost
nearly all my files. I eventually got over that, but one day, out of the
blue, my computer lost the ability to resume after suspending. It took a
substantial amount of highly technical work to fix it, and I doubt the
average user would ever have been able to accomplish it. Another time, again
out of the blue, it stopped booting altogether, and again I had to perform
fixes that I am sure no average user could accomplish. Not only that, the
problem was that the boot program was prompting the user for input on
encountering an error, a terrible programming practice.
Did you report these bugs? Did you provide your suggestions and fixes? This
is how free software gets better.
> I still see free software as a good thing. But know that you are not
entitled to it. It is a bonus, and not a right.
If a piece of free software doesn't work for you, you're supposed to improve
it, not abandon it.
