> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:chrome at real-time.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:30 PM
> To: TCLUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] input...
> 
> 
> On 11/04 12:06 , Matthew S. Hallacy wrote:
> > Debian is about force feeding you GNU, 
> 
> if that's true, why do they have the 'nonfree' repository?
> what about all the 3rd-party repositories for packages that 
> don't come close
> to being free?
> like this one, straight from my sources.list:
> # w32 codecs, incl. quicktime
> deb http://marillat.free.fr unstable main
> 
> 
> > debian is about forcing you to take the hard path to prove 
> your manhood, 
> 
> I fail to see what's so hard about using Debian. debian on 
> the command-line
> is about as easy to use as RH on the command line; just that 
> files are in
> different places (and IMHO, more sensible ones on Debian).

File locations really should be standardized accross all distros.  For a
group of people (Linux enthusiasts) that preach standards, it seems strange
to me that such a standard is not in place.  Or if there is, seemingly it is
ignored.

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