{"id":22,"date":"2014-03-22T14:29:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/?p=22"},"modified":"2014-09-30T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T11:12:50","slug":"which-operating-system-do-you-recommend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/2014\/03\/22\/which-operating-system-do-you-recommend\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Operating System do you Recommend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Wireless recommends operating systems that are free. Free in the context of free software means having a number of freedoms regarding the software. These include the freedom to copy the software for no charge and to improve it or change it to suit your needs.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of operating systems which fit these criteria. They include all the variants of GNU\/Linux and BSD, which are the ones we would particularly recommend.<\/p>\n<p>When choosing a free operating system you must consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What computer is it for;<\/li>\n<li>What do you want to do with it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can always ask us for specific advice on software for a specific project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegeniestudios.net\/ldc\/index.php\">This test<\/a> will suggest which is the best one for you.<\/p>\n<h2>Ubuntu<\/h2>\n<p>We promote the use of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu Linux<\/a> and install it on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/computers-for-sale\/\">refurbished machines<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>We can lend you a CD and explain all this if you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/contact-us\/\">drop into our lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/faq\/\">Back to the FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Wireless recommends operating systems that are free. Free in the context of free software means having a number of freedoms regarding the software. These include the freedom to copy the software for no charge and to improve it or change it to suit your needs. There are a number of operating systems which fit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux-free-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}