64 bit distributions - Worth bothering yet?

[Monty J. Harder]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Justin Dugger <jldugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > This is completely irrelevant to anyone who doesn't run proprietary
> software,
> > which is the entire point of GNU/Linux.
>
> No, the point is to write and run quality software; open source is the
> necessary condition to achieve those goals.
>

The entire point of "GNU" and "Free Software" is to be ABLE to run only
non-proprietary software if one chooses.  For those of a different
ideological orientation, the above paragraph applies.  It is a similar
disagreement to the one Objectivists have with Libertarians.
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