Comments on: Latest Leaks Show That Nobody Can Rely on Government/Authority for Privacy, Free Software the Real Remedy http://techrights.org/2013/10/26/echelon-and-merkel/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2013/10/26/echelon-and-merkel/comment-page-1/#comment-138328 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:50:11 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=72747#comment-138328 I wonder about this too sometimes. Last week I redesigned the opening section of the site (using Drupal) and put the following under distributions:

http://techrights.org/home/distributions

“Techrights takes the position that if a distribution contains proprietary software, then it cannot be trusted. It can contain back doors (voluntary or involuntary). Therefore, the FSF’s list of Free/libre GNU/Linux distributions is worth a look. We do not endorse any particular distribution.”

]]> By: salparadise http://techrights.org/2013/10/26/echelon-and-merkel/comment-page-1/#comment-138305 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:43:16 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=72747#comment-138305 I’m a little confused.
You publish articles like this, yet in other places advertise the release of various distros that compromise User security.
The “newbie friendly” distros (we installed loads of proprietary muck in your OS without asking or explaining the ramifications to you) are muddying the waters, even though they appear to be helping by spreading Linux.
On your site you recommend Blag Linux (all but defunct), yet don’t mention Trisquel, or default Debian.

None of this is a criticism, I think the site’s great and it’s good to see someone tackling the Corporate/security agency net that we’re increasingly ensnared in.

I was just wondering…

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