As most of you know, I'm a linux and open source, enthusiast, and have been encouraging people in that direction for years, since most programs you spend hundreds of dollars on you can find a replacement program which does the same thing for free or at least very much cheaper. So I'm really impressed by this person's decision to install only freeware on their computer, rather than pay outrageous prices. I'm looking forward to seeing what is installed, what the GPL's on them are, and how they work out. More people should at least try this, if not just to save money, to send a message that we support opensource developers.
For example, I have Gimp and OpenOffice, and the shareware programs I do use I'm willing to pay to get the extra features, which doesn't leave the developers out in the cold. Check out this blog to keep up with the progress of the project - Can't hurt you to find out some new programs as well.
