Elive - Perpetual Beta since 2005
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| Author | Content |
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| kikinovak Nov 28, 2015 12:24 PM EDT |
Has anyone noticed that Elive is perpetual Beta since 2005? It's also the only commercial Linux distribution that asks for your credit card number AFTER wiping your hard disk. |
| seatex Nov 28, 2015 1:18 PM EDT |
All I've noticed is that I've never been compelled to even download it. |
| bob Nov 28, 2015 2:41 PM EDT |
kikinovak: Based on your feedback, the story has been removed from the LXer newswire. Thanks for the report. |
| kikinovak Nov 28, 2015 5:13 PM EDT |
I don't mind distributions that are openly commercial. What I do mind is distributions that turn out to be commercial in the middle of the installer. |
| gary_newell Nov 30, 2015 9:01 AM EDT |
I knew that ELive was a commercial distribution but looking at their website you would never know it. There is even a donate button which suggests you can just donate to the project. There is no mention of payment required anywhere except buried in the FAQs on this page http://www.elivecd.org/faq/ You have to click the link "free software / open source / selling" before there is finally a piece mentioning that a small payment is required to keep the project going. No price tag is displayed anywhere though. I don't mind paying and I get the developers justifications for charging but if they are fully behind that decision, show the price on the front page of the website or at the download stage. |
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