As Thanksgiving Day approaches in the U.S., it seems only natural that Linux bloggers would wax sentimental about their favorite operating system. Datamation’s Bruce Byfield kicked things off early a few weeks ago with his column, “Why FOSS Matters to Me (But Maybe Not to You).” Free software is succeeding, Byfield maintained. “Looking back over my decade of involvement, I am often amazed by the progress I have seen, both in the software itself and in its acceptance outside the community.”