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GNU/Linux is a high quality alternative to proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows and MacOS.
GNU/Linux contains free software. Free software is very secure by design and does not subjugate or spy on users like proprietary software does. Here are several GNU/Linux distributions you could install on your desktop, notebook, or netbook computer.
- Ubuntu : Easy to install, well supported, very popular
- Fedora : Well supported, popular
- Gentoo : Difficult to install, outstanding performance, very customizable, runs on widest variety of processor architectures (x86, amd64, ia64, arm, mips, sparc, ppc, ppc64, alpha, hppa)
Richard C Ballantyne : Free software advocate and consultant since 1997
Kathleen O Ballantyne : Richard's wife and free software user since 2001