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J_K9@Linux: 100% Free Distributions: Will They Get Linux Anywhere?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 14, 2006

[ Thanks to J_K9 for this link.
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“‘Completely free’ distributions spring up every once in a
while, and they tend to get a substantial amount of coverage from
the Linux press. The last one to be added to the FSF’s ever-growing
list of free distributions is GNewSense, which is Ubuntu stripped
of its proprietary software and given a (bad) makeover. As one
might expect, it has received the usual spike of popularity:
NewsForge, LWN, etc.

“While I admire the efforts of the GNewSense team, I can’t help
but wonder why they are wasting their time on this when that time
could be much better spent improving a distribution that is
actually going somewhere, like Ubuntu…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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