* Wouter Verhelst [Mon, 03 May 2004 01:19:48 +0200]: > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:15:01AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > > On Mon, 3 May 2004 04:03, William Ballard <40414.nospam@comcast.net> wrote: > > > software is sort of around Debian and RMS doesn't really like Debian > > > very much anyway (he likes that little distro the little country near > > > Spain puts out). > > Which distro? Which country, Portugal? Morocco? Gibraltar? > Andorra? It's not a little country but a Spanish region/state called Extremadura. The distro is called Linex, and is based on Debian. About Stallman's preferences: From <http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=260>: RMS: When I recommend a GNU/Linux distribution, I choose based on ethical considerations. Today I would recommend GNU/LinEx, the distribution prepared by the government of Extremadura, because that's the only installable distribution that consists entirely of free software. If I knew of more than one such distribution, I would choose between them based on practical considerations. Update to the interview (appears as a footnote in the article): 1 RMS provided us with this update on GNU/LinEx: The developers told me that GNU/LinEx included only free software, but after this interview was published, people from GNU Spain and others have checked it and found non-free programs in it. I therefore cannot recommend GNU/LinEx at present. I hope that this problem will be corrected. Meanwhile, once again there is no installable GNU/Linux distribution that we can endorse; all of them include or recommend non-free software. -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. -- J.K. Galbraith
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