Re: KDE compression options: tar, zip, or rar
2009/7/11 lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de>:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 03:23:50PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> > Avoid rar, it is non-free.
>> >
>>
>> Thank you for the warning, Andrei, but I am more interested in the
>> technical aspects to learn about the formats. But your argument is
>> valid and I may decide not to use non-free software for this use case.
>
> When it comes to software, "reliable" and "non-free" tend to be
> mutually exclusive. Is Windoze reliable? If not, do you have the
> source code so that you could fix bugs? Even if you have the source
> code, are you allowed to fix bugs?
>
> Is the firmware of your hard disks reliable? Or your BIOS? Mine are
> not, and without the sources, I can't even find out what causes the
> problem, let alone try to fix it.
>
> If there is support for your hard disks or mainboard or some non-free
> software from the manufacturer, and is that support helpful? I haven't
> seen any helpful support for those yet from manufacturers.
>
> But most of the time, when there's a problem with some open source
> software, you can get a helpful response almost immediately. And
> problems are being fixed. If not, I can at least try myself. What is
> more reliable?
>
I agree with you completely in the most general sense. However, there
are specific instances where I am willing to use non-free software,
such as CAD.
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Dotan Cohen
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