They say don't feel the trolls......

Clearly open source software is not being represented properly (to the general public).

The classic analogy is that free software is like a beverage, you can give it to someone for free, but you didn't give them the recipe (i.e. they don't know what is in it). Open source software is often said to be free as in the freedom of speech, however that is confusing to some, we'll say it's like being given the recipe to that beverage. This gives you the ability to make it, modify it and distribute it.

As far as the a lack of pirated things available, hah! They are called ROMs. The emulators available are open source, yet it is Bring Your Own ROMs.

There is also the wayfinder trial, editable-enabled Office software, etc. that can be screwed with.

Now why can't you use your favorite *insert some proprietary software*? Chances are it was written for Windows and almost guaranteed chance of compiled for the x86 architecture. I suppose you could say the Windows (x86) to Linux x86 software difference is like a language barrier, that can be overcome with translation tools such as WINE. However x86 versus ARM is like a species barrier.

There is plenty of proprietary software on the NITs that Nokia cannot/will not open up, so you could try and reverse engineer that if you want a challenge but GOOD LUCK with that!

Really, with Linux, having any proprietary software in the ecosystem is frowned upon by the community - simply put, we don't want to deal with that crap.

If you want to have to constantly battle for control of your device, buy something from Apple, Sony or Microsoft. If you don't want to deal with keygens, serial numbers, anti-viruses, etc. to get the full experience (without shelling out $$$) then go *nix.

And if you feel like you need your pirated software every once in awhile, there is VNC & x11 forwarding (;