[Mageia-discuss] beta2 woes and no graphical root (tonyb)

Rolf Pedersen rolfpedersen at mindspring.com
Tue Apr 10 17:51:40 CEST 2012


On 04/10/2012 08:25 AM, mageia-discuss-request at mageia.org wrote:
> 2012/4/10 Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org>:
>> >
>> >  On 10/04/12 15:19, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
>>> >>  And remember too that Linux is all about user's choice; none of
>>> >>  the "We are XXXXX of Borg, resistance is futile, you will do
>>> >>  exactly what we tell you".
>> >
>> >  True indeed, but if someone wants to commit suicide we do have a moral
>> >  duty not to supply the gun and teach him how to load it.
It seems to me there are consequences from "user's choice" resulting in 
a machine distributing spam, bots, malware,
including damage to the reputation/adoption of FOSS, that reach beyond 
the demise of one individual.  Linux is not only a matter
of an individual's "choice".
Rolf
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