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Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. If the source code was available to the operating system then the company that supports the software for the rest of the systems could continue to support the operating system as well. This doesn't necessarily need to be free or open source software, but it should not be software for which the source code is not available to the support company.

Furthermore if it is free, open source software then they would be able to take advantage of the research and fixes provided by the rest of the community which would need less effort than supporting an entire operating system themselves.

There are other advantages to using open source software as well. Whilst it is still possible to get viruses for Linux and other free operating systems the security built into the operating system makes it harder for viruses to infect and propagate across the machines.

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