Virtual RMS for Debian/Ubuntu systems - Fun!

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:23 am

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:

Post by **Patrick** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:41 am

They should rename this the software purity detector. Am I the only person who finds this a little creepy??

Gomer_X · Post by **Gomer_X** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:54 am

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

Jza · Post by **Jza** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:20 am

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.

greggh · Post by **greggh** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:41 am

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.

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.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:46 am

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.

I think the Gutmann wipe (35 passes of random data) I used to throw OS X out of my Mac mini should be enough