Hello Martin,
I'm glad you like Debian.
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 10.48, M.Schweizer wrote:
> Debian its a good Product , about wats Missing its Real or Helix Player
> and Skipe or a nother IP Free Client (XTEN)
I think you should read a bit more about Debian's background - especially:
> All important Freeware
'Freeware' is usually the term for software that comes at no cost - like the
software you mentioned, for example.
Debian, though, is not about freeware, Debian is about creating a Linux
distribution that uses Free Software, where the 'Free' stands for
'Freedom' ('Frei' in german, 'libre' in french) instead of 'gratis'. While
Free Software usually comes at zero cost, that is not the important bit.
Typical Freeware is not Free Software, and thus Debian does not support it.
As Michelle has said: as a result of Debian being 'Free Software' and not
just 'Freeware', you can help to improve Debian. You don't need to be an
expert at anything, you just need the will to help and a certain amount of
persistence and patience. There are many tasks that require no specialist
knowledge (for instance, translations, web page work, etc.) - and given
time, you'll learn a lot and you'll find the areas where you really are
interested and where you will become a specialist.
If you want to help Debian, please feel free to reply to me off list and
I'll help you getting started.
> Martin Schweizer,Switzerland
Where? (Just curious - I'm in Zürich)
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