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 Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:09 am
This question depends on the kind that you are looking at, if you are looking at non-commercial there really is no difference between the free and the costing version (aka boxed). The free version you have to download and burn yourself, but some distro companies allow you to buy it from them, usually for $50 USD, in which they burn it and package it in a box along with a short user manual, which they know most people won't read, the reason they offer a boxed version that you can buy is so they can get some money back, because making an OS then offering it to download can be costly.
As far as I know there are no free commercial versions of Linux, because most companies install in on a server and ship it to the people that bought it from them. This way the server can be built so that it is supported by that Linux distro 100%.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:35 pm
vendion This question depends on the kind that you are looking at, if you are looking at non-commercial there really is no difference between the free and the costing version (aka boxed)... I must point out the fact that often times, the paid version of distributions will have more software available, due to licensing terms which limit being bundle with free distributions. This has been a major point of contention for things like built in codec support in free distributions. Not all software has to be GPLed to run on Linux, though it is highly encouraged by the community and has its own benefits.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:23 am
That really depends on your distro, some distros may offer a non-oss installation source during the installation which includes the non-GPLed programs along with anything not open source. So while you may not have the non-oss packaged on your cd/dvd you can still get the programs during installation.
I seen this coming that is why I have it as really no difference
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:16 am
I remember Ubuntu is quick to offer you to download and install EULA-licensed codecs on your computer if you open, say, a WMV video. That's the most practical way in my opinion: they ship the whole thing with GPL-compatible stuff, and they encourage you to download GPL-incompatible programs and wash their hands saying they're just encouraging you to get them yourself.
Still, some people prefer their software with everything bundled, so I guess it makes sense here.
Also, in some cases like Red Hat, the paid version offers you marketing goodies like tech support by Linux experts, upgrade plans and whatnot, whereas the free version just offers you the software, with "tech support" being more like yelling "LINUX WONT WORK!!!!!!!!! " in the support fora.
(Don't get me wrong, I don't think this is bad in the least bit, I'm not a GPL nazi after all, it's the best EULA-licensed distribution system IMO redface )
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