OpenSource:
As I recently reported, there is an order of magnitude difference between the market share of Linux "out there" in the world, and the market share of LInux on Scienceblogs.com and on this very blog. Subsequently, I was trolled by my very own brother "......
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Posted on July 8, 2008 12:16 PM • 1 Comments •
Sourceforge.net has announced their 2008 Community Chocie Awards Finalists. You get to vote (if you are a member). The final projects for Best Project category are: Drupal Firebird FreeMind KeePass Password Save OpenOffice.org PortableApps.com: Portable Software/USB Sphinx XAMPP XBMC media center XOOPS Dynamic Web CMS...
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Posted on July 6, 2008 8:37 PM • 3 Comments •
linux = smart How many people use Windows vs. Linux vs. a Mac in working on the internet, generally? Are Scienceblogs.com readers different than the rest of the population? Are my readers different? The following data for "The Internet" are from this source that...
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Posted on July 4, 2008 5:52 PM • 58 Comments •
In OpenOffice, the OpenSource office suite that beats the pants off of Microsoft Office in so many ways it is not funny, has long been able to save documents as pdf files. "So what?" you say, "I've always been able to do that with thisorthat...
Posted on July 3, 2008 5:57 PM • 7 Comments •
"Great" you say... "But what's a "Distro"????" Well, even if you don't know what a Distro is, I can tell you that somewhere out there is the perfect Distro for you. Linux 101: An operating system is something you will never see. A "shell" is...
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Posted on July 2, 2008 12:56 PM • 17 Comments •
Among the top five hundred super computing sites, the vast majority are running Linux. For the desktop environment, there are many opportunities for Linux. For audio, have a look at 42 of the Best Free Linux Audio Software. More broadly, consider these Seven Reasons to...
Posted on July 1, 2008 11:02 AM • 3 Comments •
I find myself using a basic text editor more and more often. Even the relatively well behaved openoffice.or Writer had a tendency to do stuff I don't necessarily want to do with a simple text file, and certainly, something like Word is the work of...
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Posted on June 29, 2008 4:01 PM • 6 Comments •
A new thing called "sporn" hits the intertubes Erv writes a post: SPORE: Obvious happens, EA shocked which points out a flaw in the plan by EA games to take over the world ... they may be causing the "The Internet is ruining society" scenario...
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Posted on June 24, 2008 8:42 AM • 1 Comments •
This file is clobbered... Linux and related operating systems are different from, say Windows, in many ways. One is this: When you "delete" a file in, say Windows, you are asked to confirm the operation, then the file is moved to the trash folder,...
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Posted on June 17, 2008 3:24 PM • 20 Comments •
Wine is the software that runs in Linux which, in turn runs Windows programs. I have experimented and I could not believe how incredibly well it worked. At the time, I was able to achieve greater stability and performance, and an easier install, for Microsoft...
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Posted on June 16, 2008 9:02 AM • 11 Comments •
