catmanjan

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by catmanjan 13y ago
No. If your blog post is anything to go by, almost none of the software on your machine is Free. Especially your OS! Every program must fulfill the following requirements: The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). The fre
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by catmanjan 13y ago
I think Richard refuses to do interviews unless there is an .OGG formatted copy available, if there was one it would be at RMS.org
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by catmanjan 13y ago
Look software either is or isn't free. The four laws were created by Richard himself for the FSF! What this blog talks about isn't free software. It is open source software. It's like saying that you're a vegetarian but
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by catmanjan 13y ago
Except you don't say moving towards, you say returning, which I'm guessing is also wrong because you never used "as much free software as possible" before.
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by catmanjan 13y ago
The "point" of FSM. Watch RMS's talks. Sure they're a bit ranty, but if you're going to claim to "use as much free software" as possible then actually do it. That means gNewSense (or whatever else is FSF a
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by catmanjan 13y ago
You really don't get it... Why should one software be less free than another.
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by catmanjan 13y ago
I have an IBM x60, x61 tablet and several recent Asus lappys, all had terrible battery life out of the box under several different distros. After fiddling they all had _better_ life but nowhere near what I got under xp 7 or 8. It's gre
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by catmanjan 13y ago
GNU/Linux really isn't an option for laptops until the battery life improves. Yes, yes I know PowerTOP helps, but 3 hours under even the most minimal distro vs. 8 hours under Windows is unacceptable. (Note: I know it's the ha
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by catmanjan 13y ago
Please god tell me this wasn't done manually...
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by catmanjan 13y ago
It doesn't seem to run on Windows 64-bit, here's the fix: http://www.twosquared.com.au/blog/6