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> My question for you is, has anyone else felt the same way about the 
> state of the linux world? That most of the larger distros have gotten 
> away from their roots, and are now moving on to please the masses?
>
Truthfully, I am quite worried when it comes to this issue to. A lot of 
people were overjoyed when  Novell bought SuSE and when it comes to 
getting linux on every computer in the world (aaahh drool), I must say 
that it is a step forward. At the same time, I also feel like we are 
slowly moving away from what Linux is all about. Yes, I am happy that 
corporations and governments around the world are starting to realise 
the power of our OS, but at the same time, I get worried about all the 
things that are going to come with it. The point of Linux is FREE!!! The 
distro addons are nice but at the same time they should be GPLed.

> I ask hoping that someone has an answer or an idea, not to cause a 
> flame war between distros.
>
I have not installed Gentoo yet, but I plan on doing it soon. And from 
what I have heard from others, Gentoo comes close to your ideal and 
hopefully mine.

EMIL


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