News: The Importance of Fitting In.

"Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, arguably the most popular of all Linux distributions, is asking its users what new, proprietary programs they'd like to see as optional software in Ubuntu."Note, I said "new." Ubuntu has actually included proprietary software in the form of hardware driver ...

I sent a formal complaint against my Chamber of Commerce to the regional Ombudsman! Why do they insists on forcing Businesses to buy proprietary software with their own money, even when the Open Source alternative work just fine and some of those proprietary software programs are sold by Companies w ...

Linux distributions can contain both open-source and proprietary software, but how much of each a distribution contains depends on what its creators want from it. read more

I would like to try the Noveau driver instead of the proprietary NVIDIA driver. No problem with the proprietary one, but I would like to see a proper Linux Kubuntu splash screen, which requires kernel graphics support.

Please provide me with a solution so I can "go back" to proprietary if the open ones can't support Google Earth for example.

Why do people choose proprietary software? Because, in a consumer society, it has a prestige that free software cannot match.

I'm concerned about the amount of proprietary software that seems to be part of Ubuntu now.

Ubuntu-only versions of proprietary software could lead to a divide within the Linux community.

While desktop Linux enables handicapped users to write an email using a webcam, other areas of the platform aren’t up to the level of proprietary software.

Our world is full with plenty of proprietary items, even if they’re among some of the most popular ones.