Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/04/02/12:42:22
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> Linux is not free at all, or i don't know what's free mean.
>
> At RedHat web site, personnal edition is 30$, Deluxe is 80$ and pro is 180$
>
You shouldn't use Red Hat, you should try Debian or Slackware.
> If you say that we can download it, you are almost right about the free, but
> here why isn't free.
> How many $ did you pay for internet by month.
>
I pay one dollarcent for every minute, at night/weekend. For cable, most
people in the Netherlands pay about 45 dollars a month, but then they can
do more than just downloading ISO's
> How many hours you have download Linux.
>
Well, on cable accounts, you can download it in two hours. Or less. On phone
internet, it's quite expensive, yes...
> Make some math, and you see that the result isn't 0$.
>
Free as in free speech, not as in free beer.
> And if you get the ISO file, it's worst than anything else, how many $ did
> your CD-Burner cost?
>
I didn't buy my CD burner only to burn Linux CD's.
> How many CD were scrap while testing if the burner ( and app. ) work OK.
>
None. I use Linux cdrecord. Not exaggerating. Lately I wasted one CD with
that Windoze program that came with my CD burner.
> How many time did you lost by downloading & burning the OS.
>
Linux can burn CD's while I'm surfing/programming/anything.
I tried the same under Windoze, but it was impossible.
> So, i think isn't free at all.
> You say it's free cause you may get it without any charge, you can change it
> / give it / make copy of it etc...
>
> BTW, windows is not as good as Linux, i know that and it's going to be this
> way a long time. I dislike windows, isn't the kind of OS i like, but i can't
> put Linux on my computer, cause i'm the only one here at home who know how
> computer work, and windows is enough hard for them. If i have Linux on my
> system, i'll have to be by their side everytime.
> Some games are not ported on Linux, Tomb Raider, Sims, FF7, Viper Racing,
> Commandos, and the list is very long.
> Some companies should start develop games over Linux.
>
Why don't you put Linux _and_ Windoze on your system???
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