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

[Benjamin Webb]

> Also, the group is full of people who really get free software. They can
> use Ubuntu or Debian and avoid the non-free stuff, much in the same way
> the FSF previously ran Debian on systems.

How many people strip the firmware out of ubuntu or debian systems?

> Maybe getting people to using a free browser, free mail client, free
> office suite, etc would be a better way to get started?

So, why is it okay to encourage people to run free software on a
non-free OS. But it is not okay to get them to run (less) non-free
software on a free OS.

Put another way, why is swapping out all the higher level apps in
someones computing experience (web browser, office suite) okay, but
encouraging them to swap out the low level stuff but not some of the
middle (drivers) and higher (flash) level stuff is not okay?

Ben