[Fsf-Debian] few arguments to FSF

[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 11-08-12 01:00, Karl Goetz schreef:
> On Sat, 11 Aug 2012, 04:13:00 EST, Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl
> <mailto:paul at vandervlis.nl>> wrote:
> 
>> Op 10-08-12 19:17, Gunnar Wolf schreef:
> 
>> > Their experience would be better if they also got really free
>> > hardware, of course. I have suffered half-done closed controllers, and
>> > that has taught me the value of documented hardware and free
>> > firmware+controllers.
> 
>> Think about this: it's possible now to install MacOS on a normal PC. But
>> then you have the same installation-shit as with Linux. It's difficult,
>> bad documented, and in many cases the result is not 100%. But when you
>> buy hardware what made for MacOS, then everything works great. The same
>> I would like for Linux.
> 
> It works becuase the os includes the drivers it needs to run on the
> hardware it got bundled on. Just like systems that ship with solaris,
> windows, red hat, etcetera pre installed.

There is more then including drivers. When you test something well, you
will find also the little things.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.



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