Free and Open Source Unix

Free can be free as in "no cost" as well as free as in "freedom". Operating systems and software with the source code freely available.

A complementary term is "Open Source", which means roughly the same thing.

Distinctions between the two are convoluted and can evoke ReligiousWars.

In any case, free or open source software and operating systems offer robust, high-quality server class software. Examples of free or open source operating systems are the various BSDs: NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD as well as various distros of Linux.

Examples of free or open source software include Apache, one of the most popular web servers in existance; Python and PERL, interpretive languages; PostGRESql and MySQL, databases; and Cowsay (don't ask).

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