Screenshot of a Free Distro
![[ Desktop with text
processor and spreadsheet windows ]](/graphics/t-desktop-4.jpg)
Screenshot of the Trisquel GNU/Linux distribution running OpenOffice.org, a free software office suite comparable to Microsoft Office or Apple iWork
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