Linked by Robert Trembath on Wed 18th Feb 2004 01:29 UTC
Couldn't stop myself from trying the new Fedora 2-test1 release, even if it is an alpha! The 2.6 kernel, KDE 3.2 and Gnome 2.5 all in the same release was just to much candy to turn away from; too bad it's more sour rather than sweet at this (beta) point than I would have expected.
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"Who is hurt by not including these items ... certianly not the companies who make them."
Certainly not. But Flash, Sun's Java and the Nvidia and ATi drivers are proprietary software. Do I really need to explain the problems these create, especially in these particular cases?
The end user may not like it, but including these compromises the freedom of said user. As GNU/Linux becomes the dominant platform and suitable free alternatives become available, the user will appreciate their freedom.