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Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by drdaeman on Friday February 17, 2017 @10:39AM (#13668923)
Wasn't Free Software Movement and GNU Project (which are the foundation for this whole GNU/Linux distros thing) born because of a certain idealist who was unable to compromise?
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Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by Qub3d on Friday February 17, 2017 @12:46PM (#13670158)
Ahh, RMS. I listened to a recording of one of his recent talks (the Grand Rapids one, IIRC).

I regard Stallman the way Randall Munroe regards Ayn Rand: "I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at 'therefore, be a huge asshole to everyone.'"

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Re:Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released by sametmax on Friday February 17, 2017 @06:55PM (#13672747)
You got a point :) But none of GNU is what I would call user friendly or mass-market ready.

As a professional, I love it.

But without canonical and his compromises, my mother wouldn't be able to use it today.

I'm glad I have a solid base, but creating something less radical on top of it will not destroy it.

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