Good for open source? Matt Asay thinks so. (Via @jasonhiner on Twitter)
The netbooks appear to be. A few months ago I passed my desktop to my wife because her machine was too slow for what she needed to do. I then took a machine that was slower (1.8 v 2.4 GHz) and had less memory (768 MB v 1 GB), and installed Ubuntu for my own…
It’s one of my favorites for web site work as well as use as a programmer’s platform, and it’s available for download.
Fun YouTube Video (HT: Greg Laden): Except for the word “choise,” but I guess I’ll forgive that.
Opensource.com frequently publishes materials on open source alternative to major commercial products. Since some of my readers may not be techies, let me note that open source software provides free and open access to its source code, so that anyone who knows how can compile and create the program. Someone can also, according to whatever…
This time it’s from Serdar Yegulalp at Datamation. There does seem to be an “everything must be free” attitude in the open source community. I don’t know enough to say whether this results in precisely what the article suggests, but I have had difficulty with getting drivers, and I can certainly testify that the graphics…
From opensource.com, 4 opensource alternatives to Microsoft Access. Some may be easier to use as well.
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