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So is Emacs running on Solaris not free software then? The GNU tools were running on proprietary Unixes well before Linux came into being, but that didn't make them any less free.
I'm glad the author didn't say that, because it's not true. Minix is under a more restrictive license than Linux, so Linus could not use any Minix code for Linux. Linus did early development under Minix though.
"Rumour has it" that Microsoft attempted to switch Hotmail to NT, but failed. It is still running the database end on Solaris and the web end on FreeBSD.
You are right that the keybindings for dselect are horrible. With my first installation of Debian, I tried dselect for about a minute before deciding it was too hard. I then spent about a month manually installing packages by downloading them and using dpkg. I then installed Debian on another computer. I spent two minutes reading the dselect instructions and then have found dselect easy. The main problem is that I expected enter to select a package, and not go back. Apt fixes all this of course.
Assuming you are talking about Debian 2.0+ with glibc, WP8 uses libc5 so you need the libc5 versions of Xpm and Xlibs. After I got these, wp8 ran fine.
RMS has stated that although Qt qualifies as free software, the licence is impractical in that it forces modifications to be patch-only. It does not satisfy him.
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You are absolutely right. I would not be able to use a fully free system without the Linux kernel. I definitely agree that the operating system I use should have 'Linux' in the name because of this. But I would not have a free operating system without the GNU project either so I think this operating system should also have 'GNU' in the name. I don't ignore the Linux kernel by calling this OS 'GNU', don't ignore GNU by calling this OS 'Linux'.
I believe FAT32 support came in at 2.0.34, I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. 2.0.36 definitely has support for FAT32. The end of your message was snipped, but try upgrading pppd.
That would only work if those operating systems were licensed with the same condition in Microsofts EULA which allows refund of the operating system if you don't agree to the license. I'm fairly sure the others don't.
Actually, I just saw a neat proggie on freshmeat, called Pack http://www.linuxos.org/Pack.html It's a replacement of/bin/install that will record what files are installed, allowing you to uninstall them later. I also understand that tgz can be easily uninstalled, although I have never used slackware.
I got apt-get for Debian 2.0 (Hamm) from the upgrade-i386 directory of 2.1. The front-end to it is not yet ready, but it works in very well with dselect, and I have been very impressed. I found it very annoying in Red Hat when upon downloading and rpm you try to install it and then have to get a load of other rpm's to satisfy dependancies manually. Debian solves this problem beautifully.
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So is Emacs running on Solaris not free software then? The GNU tools were running on proprietary Unixes well before Linux came into being, but that didn't make them any less free.
http://www.google.com/unclesam has the drop down.
Nah, RMS and ESR are the guys we want for AI. They're ye olde Lisp hackers.
It would qualify as free software, but the advertising clause would probably rule it out.
I'm glad the author didn't say that, because it's not true. Minix is under a more restrictive license than Linux, so Linus could not use any Minix code for Linux. Linus did early development under Minix though.
The WSP /did/ petition Mozilla to meet W3C standards, and Mozilla has taken that path, abandoning the old layout engine.
"Rumour has it" that Microsoft attempted to switch
Hotmail to NT, but failed. It is still running the
database end on Solaris and the web end on FreeBSD.
Perhaps /you/ should reread the definition of joke
you gave. The poster you replied to was joking
themselves!
It was a joke!
You are confused. Apt-get is the only part of apt
that is currently 'stable'. Apt and gnome-apt are
the newer equivalents of dselect.
You are right that the keybindings for dselect are
horrible. With my first installation of Debian, I
tried dselect for about a minute before deciding
it was too hard. I then spent about a month
manually installing packages by downloading them
and using dpkg. I then installed Debian on another
computer. I spent two minutes reading the dselect
instructions and then have found dselect easy. The
main problem is that I expected enter to select a
package, and not go back. Apt fixes all this of course.
I was with you until the code. I hope you meant
"#include ","int main","return 0"
Assuming you are talking about Debian 2.0+ with
glibc, WP8 uses libc5 so you need the libc5
versions of Xpm and Xlibs. After I got these, wp8
ran fine.
RMS has stated that although Qt qualifies as free
software, the licence is impractical in that it
forces modifications to be patch-only. It does not
satisfy him.
You are absolutely right. I would not be able to
use a fully free system without the Linux kernel.
I definitely agree that the operating system I use
should have 'Linux' in the name because of this.
But I would not have a free operating system
without the GNU project either so I think this
operating system should also have 'GNU' in the
name. I don't ignore the Linux kernel by calling
this OS 'GNU', don't ignore GNU by calling this OS
'Linux'.
I believe FAT32 support came in at 2.0.34, I'm
sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. 2.0.36
definitely has support for FAT32. The end of your
message was snipped, but try upgrading pppd.
I've actually needed to make changes to the X11Amp
source before, but couldn't because of the
license. I'm glad it's now under the GNU GPL.
That would only work if those operating systems
were licensed with the same condition in
Microsofts EULA which allows refund of the
operating system if you don't agree to the
license. I'm fairly sure the others don't.
Actually, I just saw a neat proggie on freshmeat, /bin/install that will
called Pack http://www.linuxos.org/Pack.html
It's a replacement of
record what files are installed, allowing you to
uninstall them later. I also understand that tgz
can be easily uninstalled, although I have never
used slackware.
I got apt-get for Debian 2.0 (Hamm) from the
upgrade-i386 directory of 2.1. The front-end to it
is not yet ready, but it works in very well with
dselect, and I have been very impressed. I found
it very annoying in Red Hat when upon downloading
and rpm you try to install it and then have to get
a load of other rpm's to satisfy dependancies
manually. Debian solves this problem beautifully.
They would still be able to send spam to your
jabber message thingy.