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MartenReed (14/07/2008)
Is Red Hat Linux still open source or not?
Yes.
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With Ubuntu and its derivatives beginning to settle down at last, I keep finding new capabilities, but limiting myself to just three :
1 ) multi-tasking stability (now as good as 'the Gibbon' was on my [A] rig). You don't have to suspend or stop tasks, just switch to another virtual desktop and run another task.
2) the Ubuntu version of Firefox, with it's seemingly unique 'print to PDF'
3) similar theme, Evince 'less paper' display of PDF files (multi-thumbnail plus readable current page).
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MartenReed (14/07/2008)
Wylie, I'm disappointed.
You, of all people, should know that "Free" doesn't apply to Linux as a whole. You need to specify 
Actually it does, Linux is just the kernel which is entirely free open source software.
A GNU/Linux distribution may or may not contain non-free components or be a pay-for product depending on which meaning of free you are using.
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Actually, strictly speaking, Linux is the kernel, which is covered by the GPL, and so any development work done on the Kernel must be returned to the community.
There is software that runs on Linux which is not open-source, just as there is open-source software that runs on that other, closed-source kernel whose name I forget at the moment... I think it starts with a "W".
However open-source is in the majority on Linux.
I know that people refer to the distros as "Linux" but actually, they are not, they are composed of software that runs on top of the Linux Kernel.
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Hi Marten Reed
RedHat is so open source you can even run a small business on its enterprise edition if you install Centos, which is basically the ReHat source code minus the RedHat logos.
There are quite few RedHat based Distros.
In fact that's one of the things I like about Linux, someone has a good idea and then several someone's take that Gem of an idea and polish it in different ways, until there are many brilliant choices, then the original creator of the Gem has to polish their product just to keep up.
I like the fact that if a new version comes out of a Distro or an Application comes out, you and I the end users can participate in bug reporting.
I like the fact that a lot of Distros openly invite users to request applications for future inclusion.
Mad Malc
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