Is linux free 5001
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:04:24 -0400, Rick Moen
Junior? Hardly. Nothing emotional either.
What you snipped, and what I was answering;
Go to the websites of Redhat, Mandriva or mandrake, Suse, Mepis, etc. See the $ rates quoted. the free ones are the bug riddled test versions.
On Friday 07 October 2005 19:54, HalcyonWild stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.misc...: This is incorrect. The free Mandriva version is simply less...
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Fine, I dont want the free CDs mailed to me, but what about ISO downloads. No ISOs are available for download.
These statements are untrue. The OP lumped "Redhat, Mandriva or mandrake, Suse, Mepis, etc." into a group, stated that "the free ones are the bug riddled test versions.", and "No ISOs are available for download."
Of course. Keeping track of individual trolls is pointless, and their number ultimately really doesn't matter. And this guy did none of those things. He credibly claims to have run...
I used the example of SUSE because;
1. It was part of the stated group
2. It offers ISOs for both, an OSS free version, and an exact duplicate of its paid for version
3. The packages that do appear in the OSS version are the same ones that appear in the paid for version, and not "bug riddled test versions" somehow different from those charged for
4. All of the ISOs, are downloadable to anyone who choses to download them, free of any monetary charge
thus all of the parts, of the charges made, being untrue, are thereby lies.
Overly pedantic, and does not change the essence of the original statement, in the context in which it was made.
I'm sorry, I paint with a slightly broader brush, in this instance, than you. Redhat does offer ISOs of RH-9 "shrike" still, as well as the fedora labled releases.
ftp:--ftp.planetmirror.com-pub-redhat-redhat-9-en-iso-i386
I did not state, nor did I imply, that every version of every distro was available as a free download, only that they, the majors, maintained ISO mirrors, which more than satisfy the requirements to again prove the OP's statements, as stated above, to be unfounded.
No. RHEL 3 and 4 have been encumbered by trademark rights on images, themes, etc. contained in the...
Please do not attempt to imply words and meanings, not my own, nor in evidence, to that which you ascribe to me, while forming your rebuttals.
If you wish to be overly pedantic about it, I willingly modify my statement to read "There are similar .iso repository mirrors for "most of" the major distros.... if that pleases you.
Linspire, I downloaded, from their site, as a fully registered, not stolen, but free of charge bittorrent ISO. If you want to say that doesn't count, then the modification above takes care of that too.
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