Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Dec 2006 21:12 UTC
"The FSF today launched a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights. "Vista is an upsell masquerading as an upgrade. It is an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does. Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting. But the new 'features' in Vista are a Trojan Horse to smuggle in even more restrictions. We'll be focusing attention on detailing how they work, how to resist them, and why people should care", said FSF program administrator John Sullivan."
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RE[3]: Rights and Choice, My Take on it.
by twenex on Sat 16th Dec 2006 16:54
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This comment wasn't directed at me but since I have a DELL at work I'll throw in my experience. I don't know if you mean laptops or desktops, but I'm going to assume you mean both. Right now I'm using a DELL Optiplex GX520 N series (no OS by default, hell yeah). I'm currently running OpenBSD on it and every little inch of hardware is 100% supported. At least 50+ people here are running the same machine with various Linux distros and so far there have been no issues. I can't speak for all DELL hardware but the GX520 is about as UNIX/Linux/BSD friendly as any box you'll ever run across.