100% Free Distributions: Will They Get Linux Anywhere?
‘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.
Linux has entered the enterprise strongly, and is slowly gaining more and more of the workstation and server markets. However, in order to be a big hit, Linux has to win over the hoi polloi, the average desktop owner who uses their computer to browse the internet, check their email, process word documents and spreadsheets and possibly listen to music. At the very least, Linux has to gain more widespread usage in the enterprise workstation market, as it might enter the desktop market via that route.
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