But there are only two other consumer level OS's. Linux and OS X. On Linux, all the software is free (unless you have very special needs) and distributable. An

But there are only two other consumer level OS's. Linux and OS X. On Linux, all the software is free (unless you have very special needs) and distributable. And Linux doesn't distribute anything which isn't freely distributable (in general). OS X doesn't come with a word processor or a photo app. Macs do. Which is different. Apple doesn't sell operating systems. They sell systems in general. Furthermore, some linux distros only come with a word processor because you can run apt-get install openoffice, which you can do under Windows just fine (well, go to the web and download the exe, or install something like apt under SUA).