good point - there is no easy computer for any novice - and most linux distros now are all point and click just differnt icons - thats my point to friends i say linux is just as simple - a lot of people think linux is still cli - there is no simple computer to use - i spend more time telling people what an address bar is - i ran linspire i only found it hard due to it not having the linux shell cabiblities Linspire 5.0(i think its been a while sue me if im wrong) and it doesnt have the windows system file - i would never recommend linspire cause of like you say it is difficult to trouble shoot is it windows is it linux its neither its like the ''PAT'' of operating systems
good point indeed - you do already pay for your bandwidth its your choice what you want to do with your bandwith - they just want a piece of the pie is all - id be pissed if i was at&t or verizon and know a couple of guys who just announced thier ipo (google) are already worth more than my company - you're point is good these bastards are just greedy - but where does it stop soon they'll be charging MS for xbox bandwidth - or worse for all the porn we watch or is that just me -
just the other day ed whitacre (at&t chairman) and the fcc got together in texas to unviel his fiber optic setup - whitacre then makes a statement to buisness weekly about not abiding by net neutrality - the fcc somewhat agrees - now the repblicans turn down this proposal - is it me or do the rich keep getting richer and the poor keeping getting screwed - were is Joseph McCarthy when you need him
thats right he does not say you have to use GNU tools - he is saying you have to use the ''GNU NAME''... you can call it anything you want i believe - even linus says he doesnt care what you call it or atleast from what i seen in interviews with him he doesnt care if its called redhat or suse or debian - but RMS is saying you have to use the GNU name - of course linux uses a lot of gnu tools that the FSF developed - but RMS is all about freedom 'cept when it comes to making sure the GNU name is on everything - well that cant be true be because then the coders who assisted with coding GNU tools may have thier names in the source code but they arent MarkJackson/Emacs its just friggin emacs - and if you want to call it gnu/linux fine but if you want to call it linux then i agree and RMS should stop point it out - he is not as free as he sounds when it comes to software - he is just as pushy as MS is when it comes to the GNU name -
Lizard
dude i respect stallman for what all he did but i believe the dude is going nutts - point is his views of it being free are not true - he wants linux to be associated with gnu - YOU HAVE TO USE GNU WITH LINUX - that is his point of view - which is the same thing MS does when they want everything they do associated with them by thier rules - stallmans rules are linux is gnu - and gnu is linux - stallman didnt make the kernel first he did a great job in doing a lot of programs that the kernel needed but ahhh well another arguement on ol' slashy dotty
stallman is saying he wants software free but he isnt keeping it free... his is making sure his name gnu is with linux which is what non free software does... it makes sure thier name is with it... stallman is so blind sided by his views he doesnt even relize that his software is not free it has to have the name GNU or else... the dude is going to die a lonely virgin
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good point - there is no easy computer for any novice - and most linux distros now are all point and click just differnt icons - thats my point to friends i say linux is just as simple - a lot of people think linux is still cli - there is no simple computer to use - i spend more time telling people what an address bar is - i ran linspire i only found it hard due to it not having the linux shell cabiblities Linspire 5.0(i think its been a while sue me if im wrong) and it doesnt have the windows system file - i would never recommend linspire cause of like you say it is difficult to trouble shoot is it windows is it linux its neither its like the ''PAT'' of operating systems
good point indeed - you do already pay for your bandwidth its your choice what you want to do with your bandwith - they just want a piece of the pie is all - id be pissed if i was at&t or verizon and know a couple of guys who just announced thier ipo (google) are already worth more than my company - you're point is good these bastards are just greedy - but where does it stop soon they'll be charging MS for xbox bandwidth - or worse for all the porn we watch or is that just me -
just the other day ed whitacre (at&t chairman) and the fcc got together in texas to unviel his fiber optic setup - whitacre then makes a statement to buisness weekly about not abiding by net neutrality - the fcc somewhat agrees - now the repblicans turn down this proposal - is it me or do the rich keep getting richer and the poor keeping getting screwed - were is Joseph McCarthy when you need him
mono the C# compilier ?
thats right he does not say you have to use GNU tools - he is saying you have to use the ''GNU NAME'' ... you can call it anything you want i believe - even linus says he doesnt care what you call it or atleast from what i seen in interviews with him he doesnt care if its called redhat or suse or debian - but RMS is saying you have to use the GNU name - of course linux uses a lot of gnu tools that the FSF developed - but RMS is all about freedom 'cept when it comes to making sure the GNU name is on everything - well that cant be true be because then the coders who assisted with coding GNU tools may have thier names in the source code but they arent MarkJackson/Emacs its just friggin emacs - and if you want to call it gnu/linux fine but if you want to call it linux then i agree and RMS should stop point it out - he is not as free as he sounds when it comes to software - he is just as pushy as MS is when it comes to the GNU name -
Lizard
dude i respect stallman for what all he did but i believe the dude is going nutts - point is his views of it being free are not true - he wants linux to be associated with gnu - YOU HAVE TO USE GNU WITH LINUX - that is his point of view - which is the same thing MS does when they want everything they do associated with them by thier rules - stallmans rules are linux is gnu - and gnu is linux - stallman didnt make the kernel first he did a great job in doing a lot of programs that the kernel needed but ahhh well another arguement on ol' slashy dotty
stallman is saying he wants software free but he isnt keeping it free ... his is making sure his name gnu is with linux which is what non free software does ... it makes sure thier name is with it ... stallman is so blind sided by his views he doesnt even relize that his software is not free it has to have the name GNU or else ... the dude is going to die a lonely virgin