Digital BW, The Print

> Red Hat is no longer going to support the consumer version of their
> Linux packages after April of next year. The enterprise version will
> still be available at a significant Cost > $300.00 usd.

All "free" software eventually moves in this direction, as companies
discover (or admit) that they cannot stay in business without charging
money for things--often lots of money.  Also, companies get more greedy
with time, so prices invariably rise.

FreeBSD is still free, but like all true versions of UNIX, it works
better as a server than as a pseudo-Windows desktop.