Free as in Freedom - Part One: GNU/Linux

Posted by dave on Dec 9, 2004 10:59 AM EDT
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This is the first part of a two-part essay about the revolution that started the Free Software Movement and resulted in the development of the GNU/Linux operating system; while the second part of this essay will examine the evolution of GNU/Linux, or as most people know it, Linux. into the world class alternative to proprietary operating systems such as Macintosh and Windows, that it is today. I won’t be discussing much in the way of major computing projects such as those of NASA or Hollywood so much as the wants, needs, experiences and expectations of both programmers and users of computer software and documentation, particularly as it effects their everyday work environment.

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