Free software culture and documents

Debian () is a Linux distribution developed by the Debian Project, established by Ian Murdock in August 1993.

official mascot of the Linux kernel

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dedicated operating system for Raspberry Pi

social and political movement

claim about software development that given a large developer base, bugs will be fixed quickly

manifesto written by Richard Stallman

title given to a small number of open-source software development leaders

1993 single by Richard Stallman

collection of definitions from computer subcultures

Elive is a non-commercial Linux distribution based on Debian. It uses the Enlightenment desktop environment, offering a live DVD and a persistent USB image for 32- and 64-bit computers with Intel or AMD x86 processors.

closed-source device driver published only as binary code

distinction between concepts

A changelog is a list of changes made to software that has been revised over time such as a codebase or a product.

Tivoization () is the practice of designing hardware that incorporates software under the terms of a copyleft software license like the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), but uses hardware restrictions or digital rights management (DRM) to prevent users from running modified versions of the software on that hardware. Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) coined the term in reference to TiVo's use of GNU GPL licensed software on the TiVo brand digital video recorders (DVR), which actively block modified software by design. Stallman believes this practice denies users some of

rivalry between users of Emacs and Vim

2007 film

thoroughfare in Berga, Spain

business model for monetizing commercial open-source software

Armbian is a software framework for building system images for single-board computers (SBCs). It is not a Linux distribution in its own right but builds upon Debian or Ubuntu, providing a minimal base system optimized for SBC hardware and maintaining its own kernels. The framework allows users and manufacturers to deploy ready-made images or create customized ones for specific hardware.

LibrePlanet (literally, "Free Planet") is a community project created and supported by the Free Software Foundation. Its objective is the promotion of free software around the world by bringing an international conference to local communities and organizations.

Rules for consistent program functionality

open source project that provides pre-packaged server software appliances

edition of Swatantra conferences

use of open source software development best practices and open source-like culture

A committer is an individual who is permitted to modify the source code of a software project, that will be used in the project's official releases. To contribute source code to most large software projects, one must make modifications and then "commit" those changes to a central version control system.

naming controversy

Business models

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network

Movement advocating to abolish copyright