Re: [LI] ilug-cochin minutes for Jan 2000

["Aditya Deshpande" <adityad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ask a newbie to install debian and see him running away from Linux

regards
Aditya

| On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Shanker Balan wrote:
| 
| > - To use *free* distributions like Debian not *closed* distros like RHL
| > - The relevance of free software and proprietary software
| > - All software should be free
| > - PCQ pushing *only* RHL is detrimental to the interests of the Indian
| > Linux community
| > - Whether Linux is really ready for the Desktop
| > - RedHat: Darth Vader of the Linux world
| > - Debian: Luke Skywalker of the Linux world
| > - Linux India list being a RHL centric and un-friendly to non-RHL users
| 
| Wow! No prizes for guessing who was dominating the show there!
| 
| Such bigotism certainly won't do Linux (or Debian for that matter) any
| good at all.
| 
| Really sad to see this - especially from a state that prides itself on
| 100% literacy! Openmindedness is quite evidently not included in the
| package with some people.
| 
| Oh BTW - according to this person, who am I? Darth Maul? ;-)
| 
| Atul
| 
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