And for some anoying reason the "Login or register to comment" links, once
authenticated, fail to preserve the nesting of the comments. Must remember to
clcik on the "Reply" link again after authenticating. :D
The above comment was supposed to be a reply to my previous comment.
Oh, and look, a new article by Richard Stallman on the very same subject came
up[1]. :D
REFERENCES
[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/applying-free-sw-criteria.html
Well, nice or not, that is the reality. Having said that I'm all for
improving free software, like probably most people around here. However
software doesn't get better by wishing it happen. We need to make it happen.
You don't write code, I don't write code but yet there are things we can
As people have already said here, free software experience is better
with devices made to work originally with free software.
Some strange assumptions that I have seem so far about the free software
philosophy are:
* "Those who support free software must use only free software". They
must only
And here I go replying myself because my mind keeps failing at me.
Anyway, continuing the above itemization:
* "The free software philosophy is equal to the definition of free
cultural works (also known as free culture)".
* "We mustn't help users of Windows to use free software on their
current
Imagine this scenario...
User: Hey, you're a computer person, can you help me with my computer?
GNUser: Sure, I'll format your hard drive and install a fully libre OS for
you.
User: Um, ok. Can I still use Windows?
GNUser: Oh no! That would harm you. I will help you replace Windows with a
Wow! XFCE has come a long with since I tried Xubuntu years ago.
Anyone who's "looking down" on people for using proprietary software is in
the wrong, period. RMS would tell you the same thing: except in a few cases
like Skype, using proprietary software harms you. You should avoid it
whenever possible for your own freedom's sake, but it's not like it's a
I think it also harms the society as whole. It for example teaches people
dependence and exposes their privacy. It gives publicity for proprietary
software. And then absolutely horrible file formats become "standards", like
OOXML.
You raise some important issues, and I think the habits of consumerism, and
the groups who job is to cultivate them in people, have a lot to answer for.
But I also want to reiterate the TL;DR of my posting above: people need their
software to work. If it doesn't, if it distracts them from
How about this?
Screenies attached.
no bitcoins no raja.
Awesommme. Please make a guide.
Well, just because it is you quantumG and because I want a part in your next
Bollywood movie..
Themes go in /usr/share/themes
Icon themes in /usr/share/icons
gtk theme is Greybird -> https://github.com/shimmerproject/Greybird
Make sure to install murrine-themes and qt4-qtconfig (this may or
Personally, I think that if you make the commitment to change your operating
system, you will commit to the change, adapt to it and want to learn new and
different things. I think, also, that for a beginner (I will write the Wiki
for newbies, if you would like to help you are welcome, I am
Someone told me Xfce hasn't got this "issue", it's much faster, more stable,
lightweight and super-customizable to make it look sexy sexy in 5 minutes.
Just read the article.
"The median number of contributors to a free software project on SourceForge?
One. A lone developer." -- is this still the case?
I've always wondered how many people actually write or maintain free or open
source software. It seemed promising that with an increasing
hi quantumG.
tell me if this looks sexy to you. If so, and if you want to make something
like that, I will post a tiny guide.
http://postimg.org/image/ngcmqjhlz/full/
http://postimg.org/image/5jx92euw7/full/
As someone happy to tinker, I don't let ease (or lack thereof) get in the way
of my experiences of a product or service. Though there is definitely benefit
in learning new things, it is often a barrier of entry for people. People are
hesitant to learn things generally out of fear or more
This is something weird about GNOME Flashback. Though to be fair, I do recall
the menus being really finnicky in GNOME 2, so I can see why they did it. (I
remember having a lot of difficulty in GNOME 2 getting the menus for the
right things, or something to that effect.)
Personally, I
I just want to +1 the issue that OP brings up. I'm now an experienced
GNU/Linux user. I'm still far from being a UNIX greybeard, but I have made a
commitment to using only free code if humanly possible. I'm willing to put up
with a certain amount of broken software, confusion, and filing bug
I think this is a great article in this vein
https://mako.cc/writing/hill-when_free_software_isnt_better.html
I also dislike having to use alt to get all the options.
I believe a major reason for choosing the flashback was that it doesn't need
hardware 3D acceleration. (And certainly you can do it in software but then
your poor CPU will get so hot and your fans will spin till your ears bleed.)
I
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