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Free Software Defined

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I hope you now have the Ubuntu operating system installed and are beginning to wonder about the possible uses it can provide. But if you’re not yet convinced that a free operating system can compete with a big name operating system (BNOS), maybe this chapter (and the remaining chapters) will finally convince you to install Ubuntu.

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© 2009 James Floyd Kelly

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(2009). Free Software Defined. In: Ubuntu on a Dime. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1973-6_3

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