[SWLUG] Free as in freedom

[Hugh Mayfield]

Thanks all for the interesting answers.  I asked because I'm interested in
being a member of a free (as in freedom) software user group and wondered
if this group would fit the bill.  Hope that's OK.

Hope to see you at the meeting on Tuesday.

Hugh


On 10 August 2013 22:42, Gerald Davies <gerald.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10 August 2013 01:25, Hugh Mayfield <hugh.mayfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I wondered to what extent people in this group are interested in free
> > software as opposed to simply open source?  To what extent to people try
> to
> > run fully free systems?
>
> I don't any more.  I prefer UNIX-based, but that's it.  I don't
> believe free will get you the best at the moment, but that's personal
> opinion.  It's a nice ideal, though.
>
> I will happily pay for OS X for desktop usage (£30-ish), then install
> LibreOffice, Gimp, VLC, Adium, MacVim, etc.  Not keen on the current
> state of the Linux desktop - seems to have got itself in a pickle
> again (Gnome 3 - ugh, Unity - ugh, KDE - ugh, haven't switched to Mate
> or gone back to a Blackbox variant like Fluxbox... yet).  Paid for
> Apple and Android apps/utils.  I'm not keen on paying for big
> applications when I can find a free equivalent, though.  I'd happily
> pay for Sublime if I used it more, too.  Yes, I use binary blobs,
> codecs, drivers, etc.
>
> Mostly run Debian at home (yes, on a desktop too), RPis, VPS, etc.
> Like others here, I've used all sorts - variants of BSD, Linux,
> Solaris, OS X, etc, etc.
>
> > Does the group see itself as supporting GNU+Linux or simply Linux?
>
> Erm, we've got users that like Solaris variants, FreeBSD, etc :)  I'd
> prefer it to be a more open group in terms of what our interests are.
>
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