Free as in speech and some things even free as in beer.
As mentioned in a recent Linux foundation video, there is so much software available for the open source world it boggles the mind. The software is not just for the desktop but servers, embedded systems, routers and whole lot more. Not only that you get the source code in most cases so you can change it yourself to fit your needs. Everyone knows that one size does not fit all. Take for instance the proprietary world where you get nickeled and dimed to death with every software add-on. Excepting until recently even the proprietary operating systems required a tax so to speak. Open source has the competition changing their tune. so they can compete. Then you can consider open source options. Options you can install with linux without paying an extra penny not to mention the terminal server also, $ tasksel --list-tasks i desktop Debian desktop environment u web-server Web server u print-server Print server u database-serve...
