2014-08-22 08:27:06, knut.e...@hollund.org: > Hi, > Just wanna say "hi I'm new here". > Was searching for a GNU/Linux distribution without any propiritary blobs or > other non free software and ended up with now trying trisquel. I'm pretty > new to linux, well.... I was running debian on servers pretty much back in > the -90ties (95-2000), but then "lost the way". After a couple of years now > with reading and understanding where our sociaity is in terms of free > internet, survalliance , security, anonymity etc. I decided to really try > hard to use free software on my computers at home. Thanks to the community > for creation of trisquel. > > Tx and enjoy your day ....
Hi, Be very welcome. Feel free to ask questions whenever the need arises. If you have read about free software, you might want to be aware that it's not just about security or anonymity, but first about "freedom" (which isn't the same as "gratis" or "open source"), the four basic freedoms every computer user should have: to use a software, to study it (through its source code, as well as the source code of other software it depends on. This is where we, as supporters of the free software movement differ from those who support the open source software movement), to redistribute it (through sharing, giving and selling), and to adapt it (through its source code, as well as the source code of other software it depends on. This is where we, as supporters of the free software movement differ from those who support the open source software movement). Sometimes, a hardware/computer might not work with free operating systems like GNU+Linux-libre Trisquel, this mostly happens if the computer/hardware manufacturer doesn't respect the users' freedom. So, the question is "Why this computer/hardware manufacturer doesn't respect users' freedom?", or "Why isn't this computer/hardware compatible with free software?", and not "Why isn't free software compatible with this computer/hardware?". (If you think this is called "free hardware", please see the note below). Note: According to Richard Stallman, the term "free hardware" should be instead referred as "documented hardware". Hardware must be documented so that free software can be designed to work with it. End of the note. Fortunately, there are organizations who sell computers which respect the users' freedom, like ThinkPenguin (https://libre.thinkpenguin.com/), LibreTrend (https://www.libretrend.com/store/), GNU/Linux Computers (GLUGLUG) (http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/), InaTux Computers (please follow this link strictly. Their main site promotes non- free software) (http://inatux.com/?gnu), and Los Alamos Computers (http://laclinux.com/en/Start). Best regards, ADFENO. Have a nice day. -- Assinatura automática – português brasileiro: – Blogue: http://adfeno.wordpress.com/ – Favor não enviar-me documentos do Microsoft Office ou Apple iWork. Ao invés disso, envie documentos em OpenDocument! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – Se eu não te desejar um bom dia em meus e-mails, minhas postagens, ou meus comentários; isto significa que estes foram enviados por terceiros. Automatic signature – North American English: – Blog: http://adfeno.wordpress.com/ – Please do not send me Microsoft Office or Apple iWork documents. Instead, send OpenDocument documents! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – If I don't wish you a nice day in my emails, my posts, or my comments; this means that these were sent by third parties.
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