Free as in beer...
Ever paid money for a linux distribution?
Yes
92(73.0%)
No, I just download it
32(25.4%)
No, but then, I've never installed it really, I'm just in this community because I'm bored.
1(0.8%)
No, but I've paid for some other OS that I could have legally downloaded for free.
1(0.8%)
My friends are saying I'm a total loser for paying money for Linux. Twice. Bought SuSE 7.2 once upon a time, and bought SuSE 9.0 this weekend. I know the point of Linux is that it's open source and free and all that, but I really like the glossy box, the manuals in book form so I don't have to print them myself, the CDs that I know were manufactured properly and will work (took several attempts at burning some red hat CDs at one time). Also figure that I've got money, so why not send the message to stores that people buy Linux? Just wondering how awful that is.
