Slightly OT:

I am usually very liberal when it comes to people's worldview and this is sincere behavior, I really do respect other people's beliefs and ideals and I do not need to make any special effort to politely leave my opinions to myself.

However, sometimes I think it is helpful to point out certain things, so that people at the very least are aware that an opposing opinion exists.

I'll be brief.

1. I think this is frustrating when you post a link to YouTube and someone writes a long letter, explaining how they dislike proprietary Flash and how it does not work on their system or on their browser.

Please, this is YouTube, one of the most used services in the world. If you cannot watch it - get a plugin to download videos.

There is no need to tell us for the hundredth time that you cannot be bothered to find a working technical solution to a problem that is simpler than anything else going on in your command line. Seriously.

2. Adobe Flash is proprietary and we all know it. Period.

Thus, it is really not necessary to use every situation you can to push your free software fundamentalism on other people. If I use Linux, it does not mean that I agree with Richard Stallman on everything.

This is not specifically to Ralf, since I have read other people doing this as well.

I apologize for going OT and would please ask to not take this personally as this is not meant to be.

Sincerely,

Louigi Verona.

http://www.louigiverona.ru/