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!Linux OS is no longer a geeks-only zone and good for a normal user - Economic Times http://ow.ly/aSwII
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@gamerchick02 I would say so. Wider adoption is invariably a good thing. Haven't read the article, though. /cc @silner
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@silner Some people wouldn't think so. I actually kind of think it's already "mainstream" with OSX which is BSD with a special interface.
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But OS X is closed source on top of a modifided BSD kernel. It might be making Unix mainstream, but not free (as in speech) software
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@jroberthunter it doesn't use the FreeBSD kernel, only some of its tools. It is fully the Mach kernel
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@jroberthunter also, a lot of it us actually Free Software, due to Darwin. It's Aqua, and some minor parts of the core that is proprietary.
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It's "free" like the Jem'Hadar from DS9, then: can't live without the Founder's drugs. 8~P #trekkerjoke
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On GNU/Linux not being geeks-only: this is nothing new. I set up an Arch system with Firefox and lxdm for Mom -- 3 years, no issues. 8~)
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@benenator not sure what you mean, but Darwin is licensed under the APL
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@benenator sorry, APSL. Simple typo.
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I mean that most of the operating system is free software, like you said, but it can't live without certain essential things Apple provides.
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In the Jem'Hadr case, it was an essential enzyme they couldn't produce themselves. In OSX's case, it's Aqua and such. Trekker joke. *shrug*
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