Francois wrote to Lawrence at 20:04 15 Jun:

 LG> Shall we take a census of Linux distributions, with respect to which
 LG> ones are "freely available" via Internet download, and which ones
 LG> require "purchase" of a media kit either via direct fulfillment or
 LG> retail acquisition?

 FT> We don't have to, it's been done. Go to www.distrowatch.com. They
 FT> list some 300 linux distributions with comparison charts, and links
 FT> to download servers. In the comparison chart, they include a
 FT> "freely downloadable" column. There aren't many distributions where
 FT> this is ticked as "none".

Thank you for the link, Francois. I'll take a look there. Perhaps I'll be
pleasantly surprised! :-)

 FT> That said, I think we are slowly but surely drifting off topic here
 FT> :-) 

Well, truthfully, whether we're "off topic" or not.. really is a
matter for 
the moderator to make. :-)

 FT> I'd be happy to read your comparison of *BSD, and to offer you
 FT> some space to host it if you need some.

Thank you. I'll keep your offer in mind. I hope to begin work on the BSD
project in the very near future.

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