Hi all,
Am 29.07.2014 08:09, schrieb Garreau, Alexandre:
Le 29/07/2014 à 02h30, Allan Irving a écrit :
What is regarded as the most free linux distro?
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For exemple, a Debian *OS* is *by default* fully free, but Debian *project* (or at least people too close to it) often encourage you to install proprietary software, notably through nonfree repository, where the *distribution* (or at least people too close to it) distribute proprietary software.
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Debian is fine because it is more upstream, known and stable. Therefore it is fine *until you don’t use nonfree repository* which ships proprietary software for “users who should absolutely use it”, to “make them still use Debian instead of something even less free”. Their wiki even recommend several times to install nonfree software without even warning the user about its implications.
This approach is wrong and doesn’t even try —as do Trisquel or Parabola— to fully base itself on education rather than consciousness (“you have to buy a free-friendly wifi card to have wifi to stay free, see, it’s not *so* expensive, it’s quite quick and easy” instead of “Oh yeah you can just install the proprietary driver doing this”).
For some it's wrong, for others it's pragmatic, I'd say. The world seems to have a lot more colours than just black and white.
So Debian is fine is you’re a warned user who can know the implications of using proprietary software and will know to not use them even with the wiki (and people on IRC) promoting nonfree repo.
Yes, Debian goes to great lengths only having Free Software in its main repository and not making them depend on non-free stuff.
Best wishes Michael