Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Caleb Herbert
> what exactly did you mean by "promote"? - are you saying that the > chromium browser is available today from the pureos repos using its > package manager? To be honest, I'm more concerned about Etcher.  In their tutorial on how to write an installation medium, they used a bloated Chromium (Ele

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread bill-auger
there was a message forwarded recently to the parabola mailing list[1] from a user who has asked RMS if the GPLv3 telegram desktop client that has as its only possible use to interact with proprietary servers constituted a freedom concern - RMS stated very clearly that the client was acceptable

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Isaac David
i'd like to point out the issue raised by the OP isn't really about PureOS. any distro shipping regular Gnome 3 is equally concerned. Jean Louis wrote : On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 11:01:48AM -0500, Isaac David wrote: wouldn't that count as an invitation to run nonfree Javascript through those w

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread bill-auger
On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 22:57:55 +0200 Jean wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 11:28:43AM -0500, Caleb Herbert wrote: > > And don't forget that they STILL promote Chromium and Etcher. > > Maybe you should point out to specific freedom > issue on their bug system: Caleb - what exactly did you mean by "p

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Jean Louis
On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 11:01:48AM -0500, Isaac David wrote: > Jean Louis wrote : > > I did not see pointers in Free Software > > Distribution guidelines to avoid centralized > > surveillance networks such as Facebook. > > wouldn't that count as an invitation to run nonfree Javascript through > th

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Jean Louis
On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 11:28:43AM -0500, Caleb Herbert wrote: > And don't forget that they STILL promote Chromium and Etcher. Maybe you should point out to specific freedom issue on their bug system: https://tracker.pureos.net/ What is Etcher? Jean

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Caleb Herbert
And don't forget that they STILL promote Chromium and Etcher.

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Isaac David
Jean Louis wrote : I did not see pointers in Free Software Distribution guidelines to avoid centralized surveillance networks such as Facebook. wouldn't that count as an invitation to run nonfree Javascript through those websites though? also, what about the broad provision against spyware?: >

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Jean Louis
On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 01:51:27AM -0700, alimira...@riseup.net wrote: > hi > to day > my friend installed PureOS 8 on His computer with gnome desktop > environment by using the official .iso file from PureOS website, and > after installed it on His machine, he found an options for making online >

[GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread alimiracle
hi to day my friend installed PureOS 8 on His computer with gnome desktop environment by using the official .iso file from PureOS website, and after installed it on His machine, he found an options for making online accounts to microsoft, facebook, google and some other companies they working again