<quote who="David Smith"> > The beauty is that it is very very easy to get your own kernel and > compile.
Uh, yeah, if I'm willing to capitulate to a distro, which takes away my freedom. If I'm running RedHat, then it's "very very easy" to go get the latest *RedHat* kernel, but not just "a kernel". > As for freedom from a distro, you may find a new definition of > freedom there, as you may end up without much support. No, not a *new* definition of freedom, the *original* definition of freedom. If I have trouble with my Linux system, what's usually the first question asked? "What distro are you running?" If there were true freedom in the Linux community, this question would *never* be asked. I should be able to explain the problem in enough detail for it to be fixed without anyone needing to know what distro I'm running. I should be able to find answers on the Internet without mentioning a distro. If you all can't give support because, hey, it's not a distro any of you run -- well, there's something wrong here. Sounds sorta like, "Sorry, can't help you, you're running Windows." Now, you all might mean freedom as in freedom from work, stress, etc. That was never the original meaning of freedom in GNU, be it beer or speech. As long as my kernel is embossed RedHat or Mandrake or whatever, I am not free. Theron (in case you thought this was RMS) ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
