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Re: [Libreplanet-us-wa] Ideas For The Next Meeting
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Alex Jordan |
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Re: [Libreplanet-us-wa] Ideas For The Next Meeting |
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Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:47:04 -0400 |
On Aug 18, 2013 10:00 PM, "Jason Self" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> The next meeting is on Saturday, September 21. This, not
> coincidentally, is Software Freedom Day. Any suggestions on what to
> do? I was thinking of an install party, potentially coordinated with
> GSLUG, but am open to ideas.
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> It appears that the organizers of Software Freedom Day will again be
> distributing proprietary software and spyware in the form of Ubuntu.
> It seems an ironic thing to do on Software Freedom Day.
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> If an install party happens I recommend that we only use GNU+Linux
> distros endorsed by the FSF: https://gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
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> Thoughts? Ideas? Anything else?
+1 with the caveat that we should still recommend proprietary stuff when there's nothing else available and not having it would make the computer extremely hard to use, e.g. wireless chip firmware for which there's no free alternative.