> I was not hysteric.
Oh indeed - There *might* be some undefined and as-yet-uknown future problem.
This is where the hysteria is starting. Nevermind that -- should it happen --
people will ensure it's addressed and handled properly. No, not that - just
ignore and overlook that part. We must instead advocate for people to not use
it *at all* because there's absolutely no reason to use Ubuntu as a base.
> Sure, but we can eliminate some of them if we don't use Ubuntu. That's >
all I am trying to say.
But also lose the benefits. See below.
> Being based on Debian would help the Trisquel project. Do you have any >
doubts in this??
Absolutely. It's been discussed before - Check the archives. Canonical does
lots of work to make their distro easy for new people to use. Trisquel gets
to inherit all of that work. There's a definite benefit to having a 100% free
distro available based on Ubuntu that new users can be referred to and use in
freedom.
> I would rather use proprietary software that was not spying on me
But how would you ever know?
> than use free software that was spying on me and selling me out.
At least with the free one you'd (or others) could find out and then know
with certainty if it was or not and if so could change it so that it stopped
and then share that modified version. Other people would likely prefer not to
be spied upon (all else being equal) and this modified version becomes the
typical version of the program.
It's ultimately Ruben's time spent on the project. While you may disagree
with how how he chooses to spend his time it's ultimately his decision how to
spend it and Trisquel isn't going to Debian unless he decides that it is. If
you're convinced that Debian is so much better then please go use it. There's
no need to be hanging out on the Trisquel forums going on about how the
project should switch to Debian.
