[BadVista Advocate] Ubuntu?

[Ringo Kamens]

Ubuntu does have proprietary drivers included in their repositories as
well as codecs for patent-laden formats like mp3. The official Linux
kernel (which Ubuntu uses) also has binary-only (no corresponding
source code available) segments for hardware support.
Comrade Ringo Kamens

On 4/29/07, Tibacions Encepatils <tibabenfortlapalanca at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My name's Bernat and I'm new to this list.
>
> I've just read today's posts and I found a comment about Ubuntu which I
> don't completely understand, I'll quote it: «(...) as an Ubuntu user (which
> is hardly an example of freedom, so let us say gNewSense user) (...)».
>
> What's the matter with Ubuntu, why do some people consider it as a non-free
> O/S? As far as I know, the system comes exclusively with free software. Was
> I mistaken, could somebody correct me?
>
> Thanks!
>
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