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Virtual RMS for Debian/Ubuntu systems - Fun!

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:23 am
by Wally Balljacker
For all you Debian users out there, "apt-get install vrms", and it will tell you what percentage of non-free packages you have installed. Here's mine:

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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:41 am
by Patrick
They should rename this the software purity detector. Am I the only person who finds this a little creepy??

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:54 am
by Gomer_X
Patrick wrote:They should rename this the software purity detector. Am I the only person who finds this a little creepy??
RMS = a little creepy

I agree :lol:

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:20 am
by Jza
Patrick wrote:They should rename this the software purity detector. Am I the only person who finds this a little creepy??
No man is hillarious. We should have a virtual pat to find any trace of superior apple product. :D

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:41 am
by greggh
Jza wrote:
Patrick wrote:They should rename this the software purity detector. Am I the only person who finds this a little creepy??
No man is hillarious. We should have a virtual pat to find any trace of superior apple product. :D
That will be the day, when Apple releases anything that runs on Linux. I remember the interview they did with the guy who develops SAMBA. He said that Apple contributes and gives back zero to anything having to do with Open Source.

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:46 am
by Tsuroerusu
Jza wrote:
Patrick wrote:They should rename this the software purity detector. Am I the only person who finds this a little creepy??
No man is hillarious. We should have a virtual pat to find any trace of superior apple product. :D
I think the Gutmann wipe (35 passes of random data) I used to throw OS X out of my Mac mini should be enough :wink: