> -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:chrome at real-time.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:30 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] input... > > > On 11/04 12:06 , Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > > Debian is about force feeding you GNU, > > if that's true, why do they have the 'nonfree' repository? > what about all the 3rd-party repositories for packages that > don't come close > to being free? > like this one, straight from my sources.list: > # w32 codecs, incl. quicktime > deb http://marillat.free.fr unstable main > > > > debian is about forcing you to take the hard path to prove > your manhood, > > I fail to see what's so hard about using Debian. debian on > the command-line > is about as easy to use as RH on the command line; just that > files are in > different places (and IMHO, more sensible ones on Debian). File locations really should be standardized accross all distros. For a group of people (Linux enthusiasts) that preach standards, it seems strange to me that such a standard is not in place. Or if there is, seemingly it is ignored. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list