Toaster (software)
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Used by the Freedom Toaster
project, the term "toaster" refers to a self-contained software package (or "appliance
") that is easily distributable by electronic means. This use generally connotes free software
and is a term occasionally used in the open source software community."
A toaster appliance
is often made up of software components that were not originally packaged together. The new toaster package provides a co-ordinated packaging framework in which all the components can function together as a self-contained unit.
Freedom toaster
A Freedom Toaster is a public kiosk that will burn copies of free software onto user-provided CDs and DVDs.- History :The original Freedom Toaster project was sponsored by Mark Shuttleworth's Shuttleworth Foundation...
project, the term "toaster" refers to a self-contained software package (or "appliance
Software appliance
A software appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system for it to run optimally on industry standard hardware or in a virtual machine....
") that is easily distributable by electronic means. This use generally connotes free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
and is a term occasionally used in the open source software community."
A toaster appliance
Software appliance
A software appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system for it to run optimally on industry standard hardware or in a virtual machine....
is often made up of software components that were not originally packaged together. The new toaster package provides a co-ordinated packaging framework in which all the components can function together as a self-contained unit.