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Comments on: Now available: Free-software-only Ubuntu version

Canonical Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth invited programmers this week to help weed out proprietary software from the new Gobuntu version.

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Dumb
by chrisfrary July 11, 2007 5:19 PM PDT
This is exactly why manufacturers don't support linux. They think we want open source everything. It doesn't have to be that way.

I know there are some with ****** drivers but petition for that. Some things are better than no things.
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(K)Ubuntu?
by feranick July 11, 2007 8:57 PM PDT
That is why you can easily get the Ubuntu - Kubuntu with all the bell and whistles. I don't see why you are complaining really.
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Is this because of...
by FuturDreamz July 11, 2007 10:46 PM PDT
the Gpl-3?
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