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Free Software Ressources - Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).This site catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory.

As part of theirefforts to promote software freedom, theycollect and organize information provided by their supporters that will be of use to people who want to use free software effectively or to persuade others to use it.

- Free Software Directory: searchable directory of over 5,000 free software packages

- Free GNU/Linux distributions: Full operating systems that are recommended by the FSF because they are exclusively free software

- Jobs in Free Software: Job advertisements of interest to free software supporters

- Hardware Database: A listing of hardware that supports free software

- Service Directory: A directory of people offering their free software services for hire

- Press and Publicity: News notes and press releases related to the FSF and free software

- Testimonials: Community reports of successful free software usage from all areas of computing

- Free BIOS: Links to lists of motherboards that are known to support a Free BIOS

- File Formats: Information on installing and using FSF recommended file formats

- Free software advocacy materials: Handouts and graphics that might be helpful to you when speaking to people about free software

- GNU Speakers: People who can speak about GNU and free software at your event

- Other free software resources: Links to a variety of other resources at gnu.org

For further information, please visit Free Software foundation’s website.


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