Operating Systems > Not Quite Mainstream OSes
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Calum:
has admiral never heard of the hundreds of linux, bsd and even dos based operating systems out there that are totally free? the best examples of these (red hat, mandrake, freebsd and many more) are better (more stable, more secure et c) than most proprietary systems.
and i think admiral already knows the difference between free as in lunch and free as in freedom, or he wouldn't have responded by talking about free software in response to a comment about proprietary software.
and it really does look like kde1!
AdmiralAK:
Thanks Calum,
I know the difference.
One thing before I continue. MAC does not mean macintosh, MAC is a networking term. Mac = Macintosh.
Apple makes hardware, just like sun, and they have a proprieraty, yet open source system, that runs on that hardware almost seamlessly, something that Solaris and MacOS have been doing for some time now, unlike M$ Windex, and certain linuxen that are a pain in the arse to set up.
I DO know about all the free linux, BSD and DOS OSes that exist. I Frequent this site, linux.org and Freeos.com, and as a matter of fact have a long list of FreeOSes which I have downloaded and installed at some point or another on my spare PC (which only sees third party OS action for the past 2 years).
Finally, LETS NOT TURN THIS THREAD INTO LINUX AND HOW GREAT IT IS BECAUSE ITS "FREE" .... the point is not to bash other OSes here, the point is to look to Alternatives to Windex that work for each one of us.
Admiral
slave:
quote: they have a proprieraty, yet open source system
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Another reason I dislike the term 'open source.' Stallman was right!
slave:
In fact I've changed my sig in protest.
AdmiralAK:
Childish
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