Dear Ubuntu User Reader,

The other day, I got into an Internet ArgumentTM when I tweeted about the French Gendarmerie switching to an Ubuntu-based Linux OS. Some user popped up and said that Ubuntu wasn't Linux. "How do you figure?" I replied. His answer was "I'm sorry. I meant it's non-free." Oh dear.

It didn't end well for him. When I pointed out the (open) source repositories and matching licenses for every Ubuntu-related project he threw at me (Unity, Search Lens, Software Center) and finally advised him to do more research before getting into any future discussions, he called me "an arrogant git" and did the Twitter equivalent of storming off – that is, he stopped tweeting.

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