From: invalid@invalid.invalid

CtrlAltDel  writes:
> Bongmaker, the whole idea of Linux and the distros and Linux programs was
> that it was free for everyone.  No more money grubbing Windows.
>
> If everyone wants to charge for a distro, charge for a program, beg/demand
> donations or shame the users who don't wish to participate, etc... what is
> the difference between the Linux ecosystem and Windows?
>
> There should be no requests for donations in association with anything
> to do with Linux.
>
> The purity of the whole concept is being rapidly eroded and being
> replaced with opportunist vultures. If you love Linux, keep it free
> and keep it for the people, not the corporations.

It is still free. You can easily get Linux without paying a single
penny/cent/whatever. You are imagining a nonexistent problem and then
getting mad about it.

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