Most 'Free' Linux distro

[Allan Irving]

Okay. Thanks for all the advice. 

So Debian out the box is GNU/Linux?

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.

Am I understanding this correctly?

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> On 29 Jul 2014, at 22:03, Mauricio Nascimento <aurion at fsfe.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2014-07-29 22:13, Garreau, Alexandre wrote:
>>>> On 2014-07-29 20:36, Werner Koch wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:11, galex-713 at galex-713.eu said:
>>>> 
>>>>> not to refuse all GFDL stuff but to accept only “100% free” things, even
>>>>> when the freedom provided is useless (like the right to modify
>>>> Well, there are different opinions on whether freedom is useless or
>>>> useful.  It sometimes depends on where you are currently living.
>>>> Guantanamo or Moscow.
>>> Freedom is never useless. It gives you the opportunity to make your own
>>> choices rather than just have someone else decide for you.
>> Ok, so can we say the freedom to change a truth to a lie is a freedom?
> 
> Yes ... "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority." - Francis
> Bacon -<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time#cite_note-1>
> Most of the time the truth is relative according to your own perception
> of the facts.
> For some God is the only truth, for others Love is the real truth. Some
> says God is Love, others say Love is Kindness.
> And all of them are right but none of them have the Truth because it is
> an abstraction.
> 
>> Because in that case you’re making choice for someone else, the fact
>> changing truth.
> 
> People are responsible to make their own choices.
> It is like the relation between the teacher and the student.
> The teacher can explain something to you, but he cannot understand it
> for you.
> 
>>> Linux have different flavours for different tastes, so you can pick up
>>> the best one which fits in your own needs.
>> *GNU/Linux
> 
> Indeed, my bad. :)
> 
>>> You have the option to build up your own distribution and optimize it if
>>> you want, but it is a time consuming task.
>> I agree, I experienced it myself :/
>> 
>>> Personally I use Debian and I have no complains about it. Actually I am
>>> very grateful for the thousands of developers, testers, librarians,
>>> admins and all the community which put a great effort into it, for the
>>> sake of all of us.
>> I am too :) never said the contrary.
> 
> I know, I agree with you.
> Sometimes I just want to participate in a good conversation.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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