Operating System – Computer Training on Free Computer Operating Systems
Are you aware that there are free computer operating systems on the market today? Well let’s discourse that in our free computer training lesson today. But first of all if I may ask, do you know what a computer operating system (OS) is?
If you don’t know, you better read about it right here on this site or you get hold of it and many other interesting basic computer skills training topics from our free computer book which we are offering to every visitor to our site today.
A free operating system is one that is available to the public in general. It is a software that can be used, copied, studied, modified, and redistributed with little or no restriction. Therefore, software is free if its source code is available with a software license that grants recipients these permissions or if the source code is in the public domain do you know much about public domains? Another good reason why you must sign up for our free computer training lessons today.
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The concept of free software came about as a reaction by several people who felt that big companies like Microsoft Corporation were limiting the software market by making their programs available only for a fee. They felt that computer usage should be free for everyone.
Free OSs have been in development for many years. Free software, and especially free computer operating systems have a very high market penetration in server side Internet web applications.
Completely free computing environments are available as large packages of basic system software as with the GNU or Linux computer operating systems, which we’ve already discoursed here earlier.
A lot of free software developers have also created free versions of almost all commonly used desktop applications such as web browsers, office productivity suites, and multimedia players. It is important to note here, that in many categories, free software for individual workstation or home users has only a fraction of the market share of their proprietary competitors.
Most free software is distributed online today without charge, or off-line at the marginal cost of distribution, but this is not required, and people may sell copies for any price. Do you know where to get free software downloads you need for your PC? I’ve already published this here on one of my free basic computer training lessons. If you can’t find it, get hold of it when you sign up for your free email computer training today!
Large corporations are recognizing the economic advantages to offering up free computer operating systems. Red Hat, IBM, and Sun Micro Systems are endorsing free operating systems like Linux as a viable good alternative to Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X. They are using these operating systems as models for creating their own free software for distribution to the general public.
There is some controversy over the free software movement as well as the distribution of free computer operating systems such as Linux or GNU. Opponents say the free OSs can’t offer the same security or capabilities that Microsoft Windows can for instance. However, there’s no doubt about it that free software and free operating systems open up the computer world to new and radical ideas that can change the way we operate our computers for good.
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