Loving Ubuntu Linux

[Anthony Papillion]

On 02/24/2011 10:05 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 25/02/2011 15:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> My writing compadre Bruce Byfield wrote that while “Ubuntu
>> <http://www.ubuntu.com> first appeared, the free and open source
>> software (FOSS) community was delighted. But, “In 2011, that honeymoon
>> is long past
>> <http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3925641_1/Ubuntu-Where-Did-the-Love-Go.htm>.
>> Although Ubuntu remains the dominant distro, criticisms of its
>> relationship with the rest of FOSS seem to be coming every other
>> month.” To which, I can only reply, “So what else is new?”

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One more small correction: Ubuntu is indeed open source but it is not
free software. The OS includes some software that isn't free and, thus,
cannot be consider fully free itself.

Anthony