FreeOS.com : The Resource Center for Free Operating Systems
Sep 20th, 03:14 UTC
New FreeOS site promotes all the Free Operating Systems such as Linux.
Untitled Document
For Immediate Release
September 20, 1999
In order to service a worldwide community of computer users who subscribe to
operating systems which are distributed gratis, FreeOS.com, a premier website,
has been launched by a group of Indians operating out of Mumbai city.
The concept of a free Operating System opposes that of the existing norm in
which users pay for the underlying systems that their computers operate on.
As an example, it is unlikely to find too much information on the popular but
commercial platforms like Windows, DOS and the like.
The website purports freedom of documentation for most of the popular operating
systems which are not charged for. Linux, one of the most popular systems given
gratis, is most elaborately documented. This is primarily due to the fact that
it has acquired volumes that has given jitters to the large corporations that
manufacture commercially saleable platforms.
Added features available on the site are a database of articles from around
the world, edited and crisply concise to provide the information seeker with
all the inputs without indulging in overtly elaborate details. Links to download
sites and master sites for the various free operating systems are provided too.
It may be interesting to note that distributors of such systems charge,
if any, only for the media (be it CD or website hosting or such like). The alternative
charge could be for any value-added or customised service the distributor provides.
FreeOS.com arrives at a point in the information age when such operating systems
are gaining gargantulan proportions. Even more significant is the fact, that
since most such operating systems are distributed with their source code, it
enables users to hone into the actual working of the system from scratch and
even modify the code to suitably suit their personal or professional needs.
FreeOS.com currently caters to the needs those using the following Free Operating
Systems:
Linux
FreeBSD
BPMK
Cygnus
FreeDOS
Freedows
GNU Hurd
Minix
NetBSD
OpenBSD
VSTa
FreeOS.com supports all Free Operating Systems but as of now most of the activity
is happening on the Linux front. Linux is the fastest growing Operating System
and is has got more recognition than any Free Operating System. This is a victory
for the Free Software community.
Press contact:
Prakash Advani
Email: prakash@freeos.com
Tel: 91-22-2073711
US Fax: +1 (781) 623-8454
Pager:(9122)96223022222
ICQ: 4872876
www.freeos.com - Resource Center for Free
Operating Systems
(Submitted by Prakash Advani of FreeOS.com)
| 
