[BadVista Advocate] Ubuntu?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Jimmy Frydkær Jensen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I just don't get it - Why are people displeased with the fact that some
> drivers in Ubuntu are closed-source?

Because we believe in software that is free as in freedom
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), which includes available
source code.

> In my oppinion we should be happy that those drivers are supplied to us
> in the first place.

Proprietary drivers are useless for a libre operating system

> Our pride as Linux-geeks is that our system runs on even
> very old computers

That is not /our/ pride.  We focus on ethical advantages, not technical
ones.

> She choose Ubuntu Linux over Vista, that's the importend thing, isn't
> it?

No, the important thing is freedom.

Matt Flaschen