Do not. Can you discover something new? There are many other beautiful languages in the world, besides English. ;-)

{ Может быть вы откроете для себя что-то новое? Например, - Русский язык. / Maybe you will opening for yourself something new? For example, - Russian language. } :-D :-D :-D Ария (Aria) - Чужой (Alien). ;-)

Eble vi malfermos ion novan por vi mem? Ekzemple, - Esperanto. Same as the upper message. On Esperanto.

{ Ou sentir la beauté du discours français. Elle est comme une chanson. / Or feel the beauty of French speech. She's like a song. } This (Alizée, Pop music. Beautiful song with beautiful girl :-) ). Or this (Noir Désir, Rock Music, about you (or about me) :-D ).

To my shame, I do not speak Romanian (Limba română), although this is also the language of my distant ancestors (also indo-europeans). For sample: Nivelu'4 - Sa Vina Vara !.

But I can read (read only) in Bulgarian without a dictionary. This is also a beautiful language. I gave you links. :-)

Or scandinavic languages (Nightwish - Erämaan viimeinen (feat. Jonsu) Fin/Eng lyrics). Or Deutch... Megaherz - 5 März (Liedtext). I have already given many references. :-) Enjoy, try it and mix! ;-)

Yeah, because it's impossible for a word to have multiple meanings (you know... like the word "free"). It is stated right at the top of the wikipedia article gratis vs libre:

Libre in this case is to mean that it is both free in cost and free in no restriction. The whole reason this word is used in place of the word "free" is to distinguish between free but restricted and free and unrestricted. In that same article, it specifically states:

In fact, if you look at the disambiguation page on Wikipedia for libre, there's no sign of Marxism with it, so maybe, just maybe, libre in that context is simply talking about free, not some word that encompasses all of Marxism (and libre is not found at all on the wikipedia page for Marxism). In fact, even on the Karl Marx page in Spanish, there is only one use of the word libre, as follows:

That translates to:

Maybe I'm biased since I'm getting everything from wikipedia, but even a google search of libre and marxism really doesn't seem to show the ties you are claiming. It certainly sounds like they are wanting to use the word libre simply to indicate "free".

To twist my words back to what was meant, it should be:

Do you really think that LibreOffice is actually "Free of American Exploitation and Intervention Office"? Maybe it's time to learn how the term libre is used in the English language in regards to software... and it has nothing to do with American exploitation and intervention.

But why is this blowing into such a big deal? qweasd and team (if there is a team, I don't remember) are offering people an option. You are not obligated to use this option at all. I certainly have no desire to... but what is the big deal if someone wants to use only free, unrestricted (see why libre is easier?) software? Why are people so agitated about what someone else does? All qweasd did was mention they've changed the name to allow recognition by the FSF and wanted to notify any that may use it and are on this forum.

Umm... do you realize the person you're talking to isn't a native English speaker? Looking at his profile, he is from Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where they speak Dutch. He is simply stating the forum rules in that all content is supposed to be in English:

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:-\ I understood, I fell behind. :-\

Oops! This is my associative and very stupped error. I always associated Eric with Slackware, Slackware with Patrick, Patrick with "Sebeka, Minnesota, USA"... :-D

You've been thinking about the history I know, the history that that man knows, the history you know, and what it says on American sites, can everything differ?

It seems difficult to find information about something fundamental to some, though...

https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/c...lumna-2269577/ El Ala Olvidada: Cuba Libre vs Puerto Rico Colony

Starts with "Since Fidel Castro’s death the chant of “Cuba Libre” has resonated all over Miami." and somewhere talks about "Puerto Rico Libre"

Or you may like a book?

https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Libre-50.../dp/0742566706 Cuba Libre: A 500-Year Quest for Independence

Or just an article?

https://www.historytoday.com/laurie-...ibre-1898-1958 Education and Cuba Libre, 1898-1958

Just few things about Cuba, and guess what sense has "Cuba Libre"...

And probably with little patience, you will find information about many places "Libre" in South America.

To all: You all need to use the neutral word "Svoboda" (or "Libereco"). Unlike "Libre" and "Free" it is unambiguous. Always. And does not have any political shades. :-) Never.

For sample: Libereconix. Or: LiberecoSlack / LiberecoMallaborema.... / Hm... Stop. Slack as who (what)? Slack as dick of granddad? Or Slack as Bradypodidae? Or like a haze over a river in the early summer morning? I've been using Slackware for many years, but I've never asked myself this question. :-)

I wanted to do an interview with Patrick for the Russian press, but since he's all so busy ... :-(

Honestly, for a Linux distribution developed by Russians, I expected something like Soyuz Linux...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_(spacecraft)

Come on! The Bear's People has so many things to be proud for...

Tomorrow. ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Okay. This is a very serious and practical question, in fact. Stop the flood.

"Slack", maybe translated into Esperanto or into Russian in a variety of ways. Me need to know the correct meaning. :-|

P.S. I know, for example, why "DarkStar". Dark Star. "Slack" as "eclectic rock/blues/jazz"?

Fuuck. It is very difficult to identify. As music... Really. :-\

BTW, the Grateful Dead happens to be the favorite band of a really important person of Slackware, its author.

But also "Dark Star" is my favorite song of Grateful Dead, and the band is one of my favorites.

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To understand why Slackware, start there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius

It is about that sense of Slack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbHjybg50BU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzVlyWV1XmM

http://www.subgenius.com/websites.htm

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A very long time ago I caught a glimpse of it. :-) But this is not the answer to the question. :-) "Slack" maybe translated as: dick of granddad (dick of grandpa), like "Do not Bones", like something vague. I personally like the translation: like "a haze over a river in the early summer morning". So much so that I made the appropriate presets for rxvt (urxvt). If it interested, then tomorrow I will show. :-)

This has the sense of Union Linux, where Union like in Soviet Union.

I would like also Buran Linux, "buran" is "blizzard" or "snowstorm". Also,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)

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I run Freenix, and I'm certainly no Marxist, revolutionary or FSF fanboy. I just have strong beliefs about wanting only FOSS software running on my computers. It's a philosophical position, and Meltdown/Spectre have only strengthened those beliefs. Until we can run truly open software on truly open hardware, we have to take our victories where we can find them. I compromise only when I absolutely have to as my aging equipment wears out. My new machines are all built with hardware that only needs FOSS drivers. That's the choice I make, for reasons that are mine. I release my fiction under a Creative Commons license for the same reasons.

Philosophical and practical. Not political or religious. My beliefs aren't yours as yours aren't mine. Everybody's right for reasons that makes sense to them. I have issues with the FSF, but they get more right than wrong, in MY opinion. You disagree? A lot of people do, and I get that. You wanna run blobs? Have at it. Your machine, your rules. You need drivers for 3D acceleration or advanced graphics work? Knock yourself out. You bought it, and you run it the way you see fit. You'll never hear an argument from me.

I know I'm in a minority, walking a line that can't hold. There are many in the FOSS-only movement that can only be described as "militant", but that would be not me. My argument is with the hardware vendors insisting that closed-source code is the only way to properly use their equipment. Well, 20 years later, see what that's gotten us. Privacy/security concerns that will last at least that long again. There were voices that warned us of this, but they were ignored until they were proven right.

Freenix works for me. Slackware AND libre? Sign...me...up.

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