I'd already tried installing MATE with my trisquel mini install and although
it basically worked I suspect there may be a few conflicts.
Theres also the issue of clutter with multiple desktop environments as each
installs its own version of essential uitilities. Is there a way to
manage/avoid/hide/compartmentalise that?
I do very much appreciate the freedom issues. However free software is only
one axis in all the possible sorts of freedom it is possible fo a person to
have. The freedom to get on with ones work (which is not maintaining a
computer) is also a very important one. If ones work is in computing then
those things are likely in alignment, if not then they can become misaligned
by software that is not free providing the user with types of freedom that
the free software does not (yet).
Although other freedoms should not in principle be at odds with free
software, in some practical situations they can be. There are yet other axes
of freedom to consider, and I had thought about writing something up about it
but it seems a bit out of scope for this enquiry.
