Month: May 2013
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Why is Free Software good for you
On my earlier blog post I wrote about the difference between proprietary and Free Software (free as in freedom, not free as a free beer) and use of proprietary software on (mobile) devices. Here I would like to expose more links for you to read regarding this topic : Richard M. Stallman’s article about “What…
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Trisquel GNU/Linux on my laptop
I am proud that I am now using Trisquel GNU/Linux distribution for my daily work on a laptop. It is a distribution that is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation and it is based on Ubuntu, so if you already know Ubuntu and care for more freedom, you should consider using it, too. There is…
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From Free Software to Hardware
In order to use free software successfully, we need more free (free as in freedom) hardware available. Because the computer industry requires lots of funds/investments into hardware design, many companies unfortunatelly mostly try to make their hardware proprietary. Therefore making it difficult for free software to run on them without restrictions. Here are some links…
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Richard M. Stallman about human rights
Richard M. Stallman [1][2] is an American software freedom and human rights activist and the founder/chairman of the Free Software Foundation [3][4]. These are some interesting videos from his lectures : R. Stallman Why is free software important? (7 min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPikY3uLIQ R. Stallman On threats to freedom! (8 min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es1noVdsPfY R. Stallman On libraries, surveillance,…