Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Manchester Anarchist Bookfair, 7th June 2008

[MJ Ray]

Lucy <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 04/06/2008, Simon Ward <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 07:18:16AM +0100, Lucy wrote:
> >  > [...] OpenCDs and a easy-to-use distro like Ubuntu too.
> >
> > "easy-to-use" is a matter of opinion
>
> Yes, that's true. I tend to forget about the other distributions a
> bit. How about it's the most popular so most likely to get support
> from the gnu/linux community? ;) [...]

Popular, or merely common? ;-)

The main problem with a free software group distributing Ubuntu is
that not only does it include non-free software but that this isn't
even seen as a bug - AIUI, only applications have to be free software
in Ubuntu.  I know we're divided about manuals, but other programs?
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/licensing

Surely most people who would support Ubuntu can do debian too?

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