Respect!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 14. September 2009 - 0:35

I'm not militant about free software, but I honor distributions that follow their goals and ARE free instead of just trying:

  • GNewSense for example is based on Ubuntu and replaces canonicals former truly free approach, but is not official.
  • Trisquel also derives from Debain/Ubuntu and makes a promising impression.
  • Kongoni is KDE based and has its origin in Slackware

Unfortunately those distributions don't have proper hardware support on my laptop (probably more the manufacturers fault); yet audio, input devices and screen resolutions don't seem to be a big issue anymore - which offers enough functionality for simple tasks. But if you really need to work with your PC you need to rely on a better video-driver and wireless support. That is why I still remain a patient Ubuntu user, waiting for some real freedom in the near future.

The FSF maintains a more extensive list of completely free operating systems, but I feel like the three mentioned ones are the most promising right now.

Respect and good luck to all developers that keep working hard!