Installfest touts Linux's freedom
In 2001, Eric Skalwold was nearly finished installing Windows XP onto his computer. Then he read the end-user agreement and decided he couldn't consent to those terms.
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Skalwold said he heard whisperings of Linux, a computer operating system that touts itself as “free software.” This doesn't mean they're giving it away; it's free in the way United States citizens have free speech — a feature Skalwold said Microsoft doesn't offer.
Fifteen members of the Ithaca Free Software Association congregated for what they called “Installfest” Saturday in the Borg Warner community room in the Tompkins County Public Library. Community members could bring in their computer to get a free Linux installation and crash course on some of its perks.
Over the last year, the number of Linux users in the United States has doubled, said Arc Riley, a game developer. And when you listen to some of the members of the Ithaca Free Software Association, it's not hard to figure out why they're excited about a movement toward Linux.
Skalwold said one of the main differences between Windows systems and Linux is access to the code that shapes these systems.
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