Cool, arbuzik, you sounds really enthusiastic about this lol. I'd like to
clarify some words in your post. Lots of people, including me, mix these
words up:
Free vs Open Source:
Free refers to specific freedoms. Open source allows for proprietary parts.
Open source can be 5% proprietary, or 55% ... there is no specific
definition.
Open source is a good stepping stone, but it doesn't offer the benefits you
saw in free software.
GNU and Linux:
GNU is an operating system. GNU is free software. Linux is one part of an
operating system. Without the rest of the OS, you couldn't use a computer
with Linux. Linux is open source (partly proprietary) software.
Linux is a good stepping stone, but it doesn't offer the benefits we see in
GNU.
The Libre-Linux project removes the proprietary parts from Linux. (At least)
one distro, Debian, offers an OS with GNU Hurd instead of Linux. There may
be others.
Someone correct me if I got something wrong, please.
