Return to the Open Source Culture Festival

April 25 ~ On the 30th, in the beautiful and charming and modern"Guangzhou University City"Held in Guangdong Province"First Open Source Culture Festival". On July 6, April 25, after the grand opening ceremony,Open source technology competition", On that day, nearly people participated in the" Open Source Cultural Festival "activities, and the atmosphere was quite warm.

" Open source technology competition"Is the climax of the" Open Source Culture Festival. "Guangdong Linux Center" bought a brand new 80 Dell-branded computers for the competition. Each computer is pre-installed with four Linux distributions of different brands, including the Red Flag, medium standard software, red hat, and Suse, allowing contestants to freely choose a Linux release to participate in the competition. On the first stage, 50 Dell desktop computers are all in the "running" status ), in front of each computer, there is a competition group composed of three contestants to prepare for the competition. After all the contestants enter the competition, the competition starts. Competition questions, on-site distribution. Around the stadium, many invigilators in the test room wearing the "Little Penguin" Tsung shirt are all "standing" on duty, and there are countless onlookers. At this moment, the competition test Hall is crowded with people, room temperature suddenly rises, and people are getting nervous. The test room is in good order, and the contestant enters the "role" and tries his best. The competition was announced, and the audience was full of silence. At this time, all the contestants are thinking about the question: "What kind of Linux release is selected "? Of course, you must choose the Linux release that you are most confident about. The result is: The Red Hat Linux release is selected for 47 competing groups, and only three competing groups select the Red Flag Linux release. The ratio of the red hat to the red flag is 15: 1. Only three of the 150 contestants are female students. This shows that male prefer Linux. However, the conclusion that "female prefers windows" cannot be launched directly. Boys prefer competitions. This is a kind of "nature ". In a Windows competition, the majority of male students are required. Students, why do you like the Red Hat Linux release? Isn't red-flag Linux much like windows? Why do students not like it very much? Red-Flag Linux (Personal Edition), $98 per set. The Red Hat Linux (Fedora) is a popular version that complies with the GPL rules and can be used freely. In a short time, the Ubuntu Linux release will be very popular, which is exactly as expected. Next year, if we hold another "Linux competition", UBUNTU will definitely be on the list. The "Open Source Culture Festival" held the "Open Source world lecture hall ". "Lecture Hall" is a common term. "Lecture Hall" is a place where you can "Lecture. What is "big talk? Let's talk about the Open Source world and open source technology. In today's domestic environment, all the countries are fully preinstalled with genuine Operating Systems in the "big lecture", but the "Guangzhou University City" is now "big lecture" open-source software, interesting? You have pre-installed genuine files. I will talk about open-source files, but they are not in conflict. Open-source software also has genuine and pirated issues. If the GPL is used, the genuine version is also used. Otherwise, the pirated version is used. Pre-installed Linux may not be correct. It depends on whether the pre-installed Linux operating system complies with GPL rules and whether it is "pirated Linux ". Confused, no. Genuine Linux, to make it "popular", but also "Do not let ". Open-source software is not only "open source code", but also whether it complies with open-source "rules" (Open-Source Licenses ). Open-source commercial software is widely used in the market. However, it does not comply with GPL rules. What is your use? Open source code is not equal to open source software. It is essential to abide by the "open source license. At the opening ceremony of the "Open Source Cultural Festival", Wang Minghua, marketing director of Beijing Hongqi software company, called me and said to me, "you said that Red Flag Linux is a pirated Linux, this is very harmful to us ". I immediately said to him, "because it does not comply with the GPL rules ". What about the Linux operating system? What software is the Linux operating system? Should I repeat it again? From the standpoint of complying with the GPL rules, red-flag Linux is a pirated Linux, which is totally good because it violates the GPL rules. In this regard, I am going to hold a public debate to make it clear. May Guangdong First Open Source Culture Festival.

Yuan Meng, in Beijing, April 29