<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Okay. Thanks for all the advice. </div><div><br></div><div>So Debian out the box is GNU/Linux?</div><div><br></div><div>I understand that the GNU package originally only has ~400 packages listed. If I install a piece of software that is GNU GPL, I presume it remains a GNU/Linux installation although the software itself may not be directly affiliated with the listed packages of the GNU project.</div><div><br></div><div>Am I understanding this correctly?</div><div><br></div><div>:)<br><br>- Sent from my toaster using recycled electrons. <div><br></div><div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font size="1" face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#ff0000">This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, copyrighted and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments. </font></b></div></div><div><br>On 29 Jul 2014, at 22:03, Mauricio Nascimento <<a href="mailto:aurion@fsfe.org">aurion@fsfe.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span>On 2014-07-29 22:13, Garreau, Alexandre wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 2014-07-29 20:36, Werner Koch wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:11, <a href="mailto:galex-713@galex-713.eu">galex-713@galex-713.eu</a> said:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>not to refuse all GFDL stuff but to accept only “100% free” things, even</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>when the freedom provided is useless (like the right to modify</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Well, there are different opinions on whether freedom is useless or</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>useful. It sometimes depends on where you are currently living.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Guantanamo or Moscow.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Freedom is never useless. It gives you the opportunity to make your own</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>choices rather than just have someone else decide for you.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ok, so can we say the freedom to change a truth to a lie is a freedom?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Yes ... "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority." - Francis</span><br><span>Bacon -<<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time#cite_note-1">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time#cite_note-1</a>></span><br><span>Most of the time the truth is relative according to your own perception</span><br><span>of the facts.</span><br><span>For some God is the only truth, for others Love is the real truth. Some</span><br><span>says God is Love, others say Love is Kindness.</span><br><span>And all of them are right but none of them have the Truth because it is</span><br><span>an abstraction.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Because in that case you’re making choice for someone else, the fact</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>changing truth.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>People are responsible to make their own choices.</span><br><span>It is like the relation between the teacher and the student.</span><br><span>The teacher can explain something to you, but he cannot understand it</span><br><span>for you.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Linux have different flavours for different tastes, so you can pick up</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>the best one which fits in your own needs.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>*GNU/Linux</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Indeed, my bad. :)</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>You have the option to build up your own distribution and optimize it if</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>you want, but it is a time consuming task.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I agree, I experienced it myself :/</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Personally I use Debian and I have no complains about it. Actually I am</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>very grateful for the thousands of developers, testers, librarians,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>admins and all the community which put a great effort into it, for the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>sake of all of us.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am too :) never said the contrary.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I know, I agree with you.</span><br><span>Sometimes I just want to participate in a good conversation.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thanks.</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Discussion mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Discussion@fsfeurope.org">Discussion@fsfeurope.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion">https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>