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Software that is not free software or semi-free software (the same thing as free software except that it can only be used for non-profit things).
by a thing June 26, 2005
Get the proprietary softwaremug. Homepage: http://fedora.redhat.com/
One of the two continuations of RedHat 9 after it split into RHEL and Fedora Core in 2003.
Fedora Core is a completely FOSS GNU/Linux distro that uses RPM, Yum and a modified Linux and is financially supported by RedHat, Inc. Fedora has a very fast release cycle, producing two or three stable releases a year. As of version 3, all of Fedora Core is rather big, taking up four CDs and a little less than seven GB of hard drive space, although not nearly that much is needed to get a Fedora system up and running. Also as of version 3, the default desktop environment is GNOME but included in the nearly seven GB is also KDE and Xfce.
As of the Fedora Core 4 tests, Fedora is for the x86, x64 and PPC CPU architectures.
One of the two continuations of RedHat 9 after it split into RHEL and Fedora Core in 2003.
Fedora Core is a completely FOSS GNU/Linux distro that uses RPM, Yum and a modified Linux and is financially supported by RedHat, Inc. Fedora has a very fast release cycle, producing two or three stable releases a year. As of version 3, all of Fedora Core is rather big, taking up four CDs and a little less than seven GB of hard drive space, although not nearly that much is needed to get a Fedora system up and running. Also as of version 3, the default desktop environment is GNOME but included in the nearly seven GB is also KDE and Xfce.
As of the Fedora Core 4 tests, Fedora is for the x86, x64 and PPC CPU architectures.
by a thing July 15, 2008
Get the Fedora Coremug. Free software does NOT mean that you do not have to pay to get it. Free software is a matter of freedom, not price. In order for software to be free, users must be able to run, copy, distribute (with a fee or without a fee), study, change and improve the software.
Do not confuse free software with open source software. Although they are very similar, the philosophy behind them is different. Free software is about ethics and open source software is about being practical.
Do not confuse free software with open source software. Although they are very similar, the philosophy behind them is different. Free software is about ethics and open source software is about being practical.
It's pretty amazing that so many people illegally use proprietary software as if it was free software. Why don't they just use free software and avoid legal issues?
by a thing June 26, 2005
Get the free softwaremug. NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM!!!!!!!!
Linux is a KERNEL, NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 at University of Helsinki in Finland. Linux was at first just a hobby for Linus. Linux is free software.
It just so happened that just when Linux was getting usable, GNU had everything it needed except a kernel. Thus, people started using Linux with GNU to make a completely free UNIX-like operating system called GNU/Linux.
Today Linux and GNU/Linux have come a long way from the early 1990's, although they're still mostly used by geeks.
Linux is a KERNEL, NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 at University of Helsinki in Finland. Linux was at first just a hobby for Linus. Linux is free software.
It just so happened that just when Linux was getting usable, GNU had everything it needed except a kernel. Thus, people started using Linux with GNU to make a completely free UNIX-like operating system called GNU/Linux.
Today Linux and GNU/Linux have come a long way from the early 1990's, although they're still mostly used by geeks.
by a thing June 26, 2005
Get the Linuxmug. A jock is someone who's athletic and is "popular". Jocks usually despise nerds and nerds usually despise jocks.
by a thing October 11, 2004
Get the jockmug. Personal Computer
That does NOT just mean a computer with windowz on it. People use GNU/Linux for personal use, don't they?
That does NOT just mean a computer with windowz on it. People use GNU/Linux for personal use, don't they?
by a thing August 10, 2005
Get the PCmug. Command Line Interface
What all computers were before GUIs came about. CLI is an interface that only uses text. Some stupid people and groups (like micro$oft, apple and linspire) try to get rid of CLI taking a lot of power away from users. CLI is still used a lot on UNIX and UNIX-like OSs.
If you want to see what's so great about CLI, use GNU Bash on a GNU/Linux system.
What all computers were before GUIs came about. CLI is an interface that only uses text. Some stupid people and groups (like micro$oft, apple and linspire) try to get rid of CLI taking a lot of power away from users. CLI is still used a lot on UNIX and UNIX-like OSs.
If you want to see what's so great about CLI, use GNU Bash on a GNU/Linux system.
by a thing June 26, 2005
Get the CLImug.