Re "any thoughts"
Sam Tuke wrote:
it could be merely a matter of time before the
average Ubuntu user is as unaware of freedom as the average Windows user.
Perhaps this is a bit speculative and might be less than charitable to the "average user". If someone is never exposed to the benefits of free, or "semi-free", software they will just grumble in ignorance.
Roy.
On 1 August 2012 13:27, Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org wrote:
On Tuesday 31 Jul 2012 20:22:16 Anna Morris wrote:
I am not a gamer though - any thoughts?
My feeling is the same as Richard's - it's a mixed blessing, and while it will probably bring more users to GNU/Linux, they'll come for the wrong reasons, and be less likely to use and support Free Software games.
Canonical is making Ubuntu more proprietary year by year. As they make little effort to educate users about Freedom, yet are increasingly pushing proprietary software over Free software, it could be merely a matter of time before the average Ubuntu user is as unaware of freedom as the average Windows user.
Best,
Sam.
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