what version of linux is the most open source?
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at
10:01
I need a version that lets me change everything if I need to and will also be good at computer work like making programs, web making, well you get my point.
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Filed under: Open Source
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gNewSense sticks to the open source model in terms of included software.
But I don’t think you are looking for that, just the ability to add and remove what you want. That’s available in every Linux distro.
I would say Ubuntu, it seems the most popular distribution.
http://ubuntu.com/
Gentoo. you have to build everything from source.
but something tells me that isn’t what your looking for. start off with Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
You’re either open source or you’re not, you don’t really get degrees of open-source-ness. In order to use the linux kernel, what you do needs to follow open source guidelines anyway.
Just use something popular like Ubuntu or Debian.
Fedora or Slackware, they don’t include any proprietary software at all. Most others have at least something proprietary. Assuming you’re talking about the software and repositories they include.
Most Linux distros include some closed-source software.
Even the Linux kernel has some non-free firmware blobs in it.
Here is a list of completely open-source Linux distros (My favorite is Kongoni)
http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
Try Linux Mint http://linuxmint.com/
Almost all of them are, very few exceptions (you’ve probably never hear of them). Even RedHat give the source free. Source is always free, that’s the basis of Linux. You can modify to your hearts content. You just adhere to the GNU license.
http://www.linux.org/info/gnu.html
Of the mainstream Linux distros. I would say Fedora
Fedora 13 Download
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora-options
Installation Guide
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/
User Guide
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/User_Guide/
LUg.
Most open source? Ubuntu and Mint are out of the question then.
Debian is a good candidate.