Re: [gNewSense-users] Installation and Software for Multimedia

[Andrew Roffey]

john beddard wrote:
> I'm also just changing to gNewSense. 
> I think the choice that I have made depends my personal needs and taste.
> Thank goodness for GNU/Linux for preserving that freedom of choice.
> 
> I just tried Windows8 and it is clear that Ubuntu is now beginning to
> overtake Windows in design and usability. However I found that the
> Ubuntu community was highly centralised. And may be in danger of
> defeating its own aims. Plus the fact that for me the desktop was too
> simplistic. To the point of irritation.

I don't necessarily think the Ubuntu community is a bad thing - in fact,
 I think that's probably one of Ubuntu's more admirable qualities.
Unfortunately it installs non-free drivers and advertises software like
Adobe Flash by default.

Andrew.