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Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award!

From ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award!
Date 2016-04-28 18:27 +0000
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:52:08 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:

>  Unity. Mir. SystemD. That spyware stuff. Pushing out betaware a little
> too soon. Canonical has a rather bad NIH problem and a strange
> split-brain problem when it comes to commercial bits like full h264
> support and binary video drivers.
> 
>    If anything, they should be the distro that sorts all of those sorts
>    of
> things out for you to the point of having a payware version if
> necessary.
> 
>    Something like Mint should be the payware version of Ubuntu desktop
> and include a sanctioned DVD player (or even BluRay player).

By "spyware" you mean the Amazon deal, right? No longer an issue. I agree 
on Ubuntu pushing stuff out too soon -- which is why I always stick with 
the long term releases. (Now Linux Mint only works with the Long Term 
Releases.) 

-- 
Zero tolerance for WinDrones and iCultists

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Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 08:47 -0700
  Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 08:50 -0700
    Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-24 19:49 +0200
      Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-24 19:54 +0200
      Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-24 19:58 +0200
        Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-24 20:23 +0200
          Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-25 00:08 +0200
      Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-24 19:04 +0000
        Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-24 12:09 -0700
          Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-24 19:33 +0000
          Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 18:03 -0700
            Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 18:21 -0700
              Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 19:54 -0700
                Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 05:08 -0700
            Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 20:04 -0700
            Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-25 05:52 -0400
              Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 16:14 +0000
          Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 03:28 +0000
            Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-24 20:59 -0700
            Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-25 09:13 +0000
              Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 05:11 -0700
              Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-25 15:29 +0100
                Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 07:37 -0700
                Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-27 13:15 +0100
                Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 06:02 -0700
              Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-25 16:51 +0200
              Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-26 21:09 +0000
                Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 06:09 -0700
        Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-25 08:07 +0200
          Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-25 07:18 +0000
            Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-25 10:39 +0200
              Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-25 09:24 +0000
              Linux tard! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 05:15 -0700
      Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-04-28 12:52 -0500
        Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-04-28 18:27 +0000
  Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-24 17:51 +0200
    Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-04-24 18:07 +0000
    Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-25 08:15 +0200
  Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-24 08:52 -0700
  Re: Arch Linux has won the Torvalds and Stallman award! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 14:09 -0700
  It is a Spoof, Ass-Hole! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-24 14:14 -0700

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