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Ben Goodger wrote: > How about freedom of choice? To speak of the freedom to take away the freedoms of others is absurd. > They didn't bundle it, but instead allowed their users easy access if > they want it. They're distributing and promoting it, though. > Opera being in a separate repository with "proprietary!! harms > freedom!!" error messages is not one of them. Sure it is. Ubuntu promoting and distributing proprietary software is a very good reason to not recommend it as an example of a worthwhile GNU/Linux distribution or useful contribution to free software. Ubuntu does some useful work, but lets itself down with 'own goals' such as this one. matt -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html