[YLUG] Install practice results

[Arthur Clune]

On 22 Oct 2006, at 21:46, Robert Hulme wrote:

> Also I think we ought to consider if installing proprietary stuff is a
> good idea at all, in doing so by default aren't we ignoring some of
> the Freedom issues?

You definitely want to offer people the option. First give them a  
working
linux system and let them work out a view on free software over time.  
For
those that understand the issues and don't want the proprietary stuff,
then don't install it.

You'll lose more friends from 'flash/mp3 doesn't work' than from the
'proprietary stuff has no place in linux' lot. The latter group are
probably capable of doing their own install for starters.

Arthur

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