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Originally posted by Termy View Post
Manjaro has always put practicability over dogmatism. Imho the right way. If you want to commit to open source but use distros that feature blobs and unfree codecs, you have chosen practicability anyways.
I think of it more in terms of "showing that Linux can be a viable option, even if you are forced to have ooxml documents". Its not like they are forcing it, so i see no harm if there is the choice on installtime.
If we want everyone to use desktop Linux, I'd rather we do it legally, even if the law sucks.
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Originally posted by WolfpackN64 View PostWhile something can be said for the user's choice of office suite. Allowing the user to choose at installation between an open source office suite and a proprietary one because it features better compatibility with MS Office shows a lack of commitment towards open source and generally harms the adoption of open office suite standards. It remains a poor choice by the Manjaro team and I hope they reverse this decision, especially since they'll be starting a commercial entity, which in the Linux space are more easily scrutinised by Linux enthusiasts.
Also, if you really care about open source the way you do, you shouldn't even be coming near Manjaro as it features proprietary blobs and whatnot in its kernel, just like most distros. They are all harming open source by including that stuff in the kernel.Last edited by Vistaus; 12 September 2019, 12:01 PM.
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Originally posted by WolfpackN64 View PostWhile something can be said for the user's choice of office suite. Allowing the user to choose at installation between an open source office suite and a proprietary one because it features better compatibility with MS Office shows a lack of commitment towards open source and generally harms the adoption of open office suite standards. It remains a poor choice by the Manjaro team and I hope they reverse this decision, especially since they'll be starting a commercial entity, which in the Linux space are more easily scrutinised by Linux enthusiasts.
I think of it more in terms of "showing that Linux can be a viable option, even if you are forced to have ooxml documents". Its not like they are forcing it, so i see no harm if there is the choice on installtime.
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Originally posted by WolfpackN64 View PostWhile something can be said for the user's choice of office suite. Allowing the user to choose at installation between an open source office suite and a proprietary one because it features better compatibility with MS Office shows a lack of commitment towards open source and generally harms the adoption of open office suite standards. It remains a poor choice by the Manjaro team and I hope they reverse this decision, especially since they'll be starting a commercial entity, which in the Linux space are more easily scrutinised by Linux enthusiasts.
or €€€ in this case.
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While something can be said for the user's choice of office suite. Allowing the user to choose at installation between an open source office suite and a proprietary one because it features better compatibility with MS Office shows a lack of commitment towards open source and generally harms the adoption of open office suite standards. It remains a poor choice by the Manjaro team and I hope they reverse this decision, especially since they'll be starting a commercial entity, which in the Linux space are more easily scrutinised by Linux enthusiasts.
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Manjaro 18.1 Released With Choice Of Office Suite
Phoronix: Manjaro 18.1 Released With Choice Of Office Suite
Manjaro 18.1 "Juhraya" is now available as the newest six-month feature release to this Arch Linux based operating system...
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...-18.1-ReleasedTags: None
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