The Shuttleworth Foundation has distributed Freedom Toasters around SA so that anyone can copy open source software.
"Freedom Toasters are open source distribution points that allow anyone to come and burn, or toast, software to a CD legally and for free," says Shuttleworth Foundation project manager Jason Hudson.
"The project began as a means of overcoming the difficulty in obtaining Linux and open source software due to the restrictive telecommunications environment in SA, where the easy downloading of large pieces of software is just not possible.
"All you have to remember is to bring your own CDs," he adds.
The Toasters offer 10 Linux distributions at various outlets throughout SA.
"In the past people have shied away from open source software, more particularly operating systems because unless you were already an expert on various details that accompanied them, it has been difficult to get your hands on reliable and complete Linux distribution that was easy to install and upgrade," says Hudson.
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