Should we limit the terms of free software operating systems to ...

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 26, 2006 11:45 PM EDT
Free Software Magazine; By Mitch Meyran
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These days, when one talks about free software, the first word that comes to mind is Linux—be it the kernel or a distribution based on it (which would then be a GNU/Linux operating system, and its flavour marked by a brand name: Red Hat, SuSE, Mandriva, Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware...) At one time, there was another project worthy of note: BeOS. It wasn’t POSIX-compatible, but it was neat. But now, only free *NIX prevail... really?

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