Free operating system for home pc

[Vulpes Velox]

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:13:51 -0400
sunghero <sunghero at sysmatrix.net> wrote:

> 
>                     I would  like to find an open source operating 
> system to use for a personal computer. I have "WindowsXP" now, but I 
> feel I'd be at home with something at least a little in tune with my 
> personal philosophy, which "microsoft" is not.. Can anybody tell me if 
> there are any free open source versions available ?  The computer I use 
> is a simple e-machine with a celeron processor (1.4ghz).

Yeah, FreeBSD is both open source and free. It works rather nicely as a desktop
OS. If you are thinking of trying it, I strongly suggest reading the manual and
finding a few unix tutorials.