[Arm-netbook] System 76 - Entering Phase 3

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Hendrik Boom <hendrik at topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:04:07PM -0700, Mike Leimon wrote:
>>
>> I understand that Ubuntu isn't your distro of choice (it isn't mine either)
>
> It isnt a question of whether Ubuntu is my distro of choice.
> Distros can be replaced.
>
> The real question is whether it requires proprietry devce drivers.
>
> Did they use Ubuntu becaus of proprietary device drivers?
>
> Or because it happens to be one of the most popular distros around?
>
> I've been told Ubuntu has licenced proprietary software.

 usually what it is is that ubuntu offers "convenience" by providing
all of the proprietary WIFI drivers and anything else they can get
their hands on, *completely* undermining the *entire* purpose of the
software libre ethical objectives.

 l.