Yeah, Chris has some valid points for the OP, here's a couple of other things
to consider, however.
Many distros are not branded as GNU/Linux, and although RMS has issues with
that, most of us are okay with it, since it rolls off the tongue easier (Not
to mention Linus Torvalds' take on the semantics).
And truth be told, it's not all GNU either. Apache is not, nor is BIND,
Sendmail, Perl, etc.... Neither are many of the UNIX tools - regardless of
whether they are licensed under the GPL or not.
And if one is to give credit where it's due, Why isn't RMS and the FSF
adamant about calling it LGX, like Yggdrasil did? - because the X, following
the *L* and the *G* is what makes it possible for the majority of Linux users
to *use*, let alone *recommend* it to the all the common Joe's out there?
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X
Answer: Perhaps because it is the MIT license, and not the GNU Public
License, and therefore does not rise in priority to the occasion.
And pretty much All Unices (which includes the plethora of Linux distros)
ship with Perl as part of the standard installed base - but Perl is released
under the Artistic License.
That's just some food for thought though. My real issue is a Linux distro
(I've installed Trisquel and taken it for a test drive) that at the heart of
it's philosophical brand claims to be based on entirely free software (Like
Debian GNU/Linux), yet in my mind isn't, and cannot be.
It is based on the corporate and commercially non-free product base by
Canonical, Inc., ewboontew Linux.
While I applaud the spirit and enthusiasm with which FOSS supporters such as
myself exert their efforts to spread awareness, understanding, and
usage/adoption; I simply cannot see myself recommending a distro that claims
to be completely free, that is primarily spawned and based upon another that
is certainly not - ewboontew!
I've been using Linux and the BSDs since Jolix, SLS, MCC Interim, Yggdrasil,
Slackware, and Debian were birthed, and almost find myself offended that the
Trisquel maintainers have the audacity to make such a claim.
My recommendation - go back to Debian, and all will be forgiven. Or stop
calling it FREE (As in FSF FREE), because I believe that doing so is a sham
and the connotations are contrary to the mission, or at the very least, the
"spirit" of the FOSS community.
I hope that helps :)
Kindest regards,
.
