[Ubuntu-US-CA] Starting Out w/ Linux

[Mark Garrow]

> Best article by the FSF ever, I found this just yesterday:
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/practical.html
> 
> Essentially, why should you be looking for better software if you are still in chains? Why should anyone postpone or altogether ignore their struggle for freedom in order to be more productive within the society that took away their freedom?
> 
> I find the FSF philosophy articles are generally more succinct than I can be, so I often link people to them when they start in about the difference between free and gratis, and other common misunderstandings.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Holmquist
> Student, Computer Science
> University of Redlands
> MarkTraceur at gmail.com
> 

Sorry.. although Stallman is a very outspoken person, this article
(although that's a relaxed term for what it is) really doesn't mean
bupkiss to the masses.. they're going to wonder what those statements
actually mean to them personally in every day (to day) uses of their
computer.  It leaves a person wondering what is actually at stake with
non-free software.  There's no answer to that in the link which I think
would be paramount in understanding the philosophy.  

Mark Garrow