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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ben Goodger wrote: > On 3/25/07, *Matt Lee* <mattl@xxxxxxx <mailto:mattl@xxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Neil Williams wrote: > > > Matt, we do need to be realistic, there IS NO newbie-friendly OS that > > meets those criteria. > > gNewSense. That's no less friendly than Ubuntu, and has all the > proprietary software removed. > > How do you explain things like this? > > http://www.ubuntu.com/news/opera9 > > > How about freedom of choice? > They didn't bundle it, but instead allowed their users easy access if > they want it. Anyone else notice the tick against "Show commercial applications" ?? > There are several good reasons to not promote Ubuntu to anyone. > > > Opera being in a separate repository with "proprietary!! harms > freedom!!" error messages is not one of them. > see my comment above... - -- Neil Stone Systems Administrator FlashTek UK - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G e h--- r+++ y++++(**) - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGBoN3z3Av8JKgzxQRAlBQAJ9WVpEidAHQJsQmEJ55iY/21cJc1ACfZXI1 pUBAqqCsQqeOtw8Rxew184I= =UeKD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html