64 bit distributions - Worth bothering yet?

[Justin Dugger]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Monty J. Harder <mjharder at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Justin Dugger <jldugger at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
>> > This is completely irrelevant to anyone who doesn't run proprietary
>> > software,
>> > which is the entire point of GNU/Linux.
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>> No, the point is to write and run quality software; open source is the
>> necessary condition to achieve those goals.
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> The entire point of "GNU" and "Free Software" is to be ABLE to run only
> non-proprietary software if one chooses.  For those of a different
> ideological orientation, the above paragraph applies.  It is a similar
> disagreement to the one Objectivists have with Libertarians.

You are neglecting the "Linux" portion of "GNU/Linux" quoted from the
grandparent.  Torvalds has consistently been at odds with the FSF, who
view presently view liberated software as a moral objective itself
rather than a means to an end -- fixing bugs.  Even Stallman's
original cause was to fix a bug in a printer, and he still fights to
preserve the right for people to fix bugs in products they own.  In
fact, Stallman had to go in and add "freedom of use" later to his free
software definition, because his goal is a place where programmers can
Write and Fix free software, not merely Use it.

Justin Dugger