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author | thing1 <thing1@seacrossedlovers.xyz> | 2025-02-11 10:01:49 +0000 |
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committer | thing1 <thing1@seacrossedlovers.xyz> | 2025-02-11 10:01:49 +0000 |
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diff --git a/writeup/writeup.tex b/writeup/writeup.tex index 491412f..91fa201 100644 --- a/writeup/writeup.tex +++ b/writeup/writeup.tex @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ of ways of how FOSS software is used compared to its proprietary counterparts. daily basis. It is so engraved in our lives, yet so few even know what the term means; In a simple note, it is software for a computer, phone or other device that can be used without violating the users freedom. -The definition of what counts free software and what is software freedom can vary depending on who you ask, but +The definition of what counts as free software and what is software freedom can vary depending on who you ask, but it was originally written that software that allows the following freedoms is free software: \begin{description} @@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ It is important that one does not confuse free software with software that is mo free-ware. Free software defends the users rights to use and modify software and is not focused on its cost. However free software often is also free in cost, so the confusion is easily made. -One should also note the differences between free software and Open Source software. In Open Source software, -like free software, the original code for a program is available to anyone, however in Open Source, this is to +One should also note the differences between free software and open source software. In open source software, +like free software, the original code for a program is available to anyone, however in open source, this is to better the projects development and usability, whereas in free software it is to better the users freedom. They both use the same methods to achieve differing goals; this often leads them to be commonly used together, as the -benefits a user gets from free software is much the same in Open Source software, and vice versa. +benefits a user gets from free software is much the same in open source software, and vice versa. The main goal of free software is to allow the user to have as much freedom as possible when using a piece of software for any purpose. This is in contrast to the traditional alternative, called Proprietary Software, which @@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ In 1988 the BSD Net1 operating system would release\cite{BSDnet1}, this was the Berkeley Software Distribution version of Unix. BSD was by no means new by this point, however it wasn't fully free until this point. This version had completely rewritten all the code from the original Unix that previous versions contained, meaning it was now completely free from AT\&T's licenses. It would be the start of a long -lineage of Open Source operating systems which are now the base of MacOS, FreeBSD and OpenBSD and is often deemed -as the first Open Source operating system. +lineage of open source operating systems which are now the base of MacOS, FreeBSD and OpenBSD and is often deemed +as the first open source operating system. The GNU project, while still not fully finished, saw the final piece of the puzzle when Linux\cite{LINUX} released in 1991, it was a fully free kernel which GNU was still lacking (however it did get its own kernel called GNU Hurd but @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ faster than Java, which is what Intellij is written in\cite{VSCODEvsintellij}. On the usability side, things are more even, both editors have features that makes them better than each other, each of them have plug-ins support, advanced text editing features and each have auto completion. However in this sense VS Code still generally comes ahead, with its more main stream user base, more gets made for it, and as it is -Open Source, it is generally easier for users to add features, in the for of patches, and in the form of plug-ins, +open source, it is generally easier for users to add features, in the for of patches, and in the form of plug-ins, although no definite numbers are available on exact plug-in counts publicly, VS Code is most defiantly ahead, with this too. It becomes clear how projects like Vs Code become dominate. People want to use something that is well supported, and then because they too are using it, its support can become better, which is an upward cycle, |