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Free on free > proprietary on free > free on proprietary > proprietary on proprietary
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| Let's break it down. There are four combinations
| of apps and OSes:
|
| 1. all proprietary applications on a proprietary
| OS (PoP)
| 2. (at least some) free applications on a
| proprietary OS (FoP)
| 3. (at least some) proprietary applications on a
| free OS (PoF)
| 4. all free applications on a free OS (FoF)
|
| I think the order here is important as it
| indicates the typical migration process from all
| proprietary to all free. A person typically starts
| using Windows with all proprietary apps. They
| learn of some great free alternatives and start
| using them. They then try out GNU/Linux but still
| want a few proprietary apps or codecs. And,
| sometimes, they eventually move to an all free
| system.
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http://www.fsdaily.com/blog/free-free-proprietary-free-free-proprietary-proprietary-proprietary
Recent:
LAC Now Shipping gNewSense 2.0 Systems (1 May 2008)
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| gNewSense DeltaH was released today, and we are pleased to offer
| preconfigured Workstations, Portable Systems, ThinkCentres, Laptops, and
| Servers, as well as fully customized Core 2 Duo, Athlon 64, Xeon, and Opteron
| computers, preinstalled with the latest gNewSense GNU/Linux operating system.
| gNewSense is a GNU/Linux distribution that is listed as free by the GNU
| Project.
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http://laclinux.com/gnu/News#20080501.1
Ultra-free gNewSense 2.0 beta released
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| Brian Brazil and the team behind the ultra-free gNewSense Linux distribution
| have released a beta of the forthcoming 2.0 (or Deltah) series. gNewSense is
| based on Ubuntu but strips the distribution of non-free components to provide
| users with a truly free operating system. gNewSense is backed by the Free
| Software Foundation.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2380
gNewSense 2.0 [Screenshots]
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| Less than a week after the release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron", the Free
| Software Foundation has gone ahead and released version 2.0 (named DeltaH) of
| gNewSense. For those not familiar with gNewSense, this is one of the few
| distributions certified by the Free Software Foundation as being a truly free
| Linux distribution. gNewSense 2.0 is essentially Ubuntu 8.04 LTS but with a
| few modifications to make it more free by removing some binary-only
| components. New in gNewSense 2.0 is also new artwork, switching the default
| web browser from Mozilla Firefox to Epiphany, Blag's deblob script in the
| kernel, and non-free GLX being removed from X.Org/Mesa. Here are a few
| screenshots from this latest release.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=gnewsense_2&num=1
Related:
The Importance of the 'Completely Libre' Distributions
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| What's more, I recently migrated a local user to gNewSense from
| his improperly-licensed, virus-ridden Windows XP system. I am due to follow
| up with him soon, so we'll see how his GNU/Linux eXPerience is going.
| Frankly, I'm pretty sure he'll agree that gNewSense is a great demonstration
| of the power of software freedom.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/content/importance_039_completely_libre_039_distributions
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