Link: Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Access

ByHenry Neufeld October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

From opensource.com, 4 opensource alternatives to Microsoft Access. Some may be easier to use as well.

The Ada Initiative – Women in Open Source

ByHenry Neufeld December 10, 2011

Linux.com reports on the progress in just under a year of The Ada Initiative, which has this mission: “A world in which women are equal and welcome participants in open technology, open data, and open culture. We want women writing free software, women editing Wikipedia, women creating the Internet and women shaping the future of…

Linux | OpenOffice | OpenSouce Software | Ubuntu

Finding OpenClipart in Ubuntu

ByHenry Neufeld January 16, 2009

My never ending quest for better clip art sources (I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler), and my desire to make Ubuntu more and more usable for all my work needs, converged with OpenClipart.org. It’s a good source, and you can install it in Ubuntu with your Add/Remove command. But then, where is…

Linux | OpenSouce Software | Ubuntu

Photo Management and Raw Photo Editing in Linux

ByHenry Neufeld July 31, 2008

Ubuntu Productivity provides a good list of apps, short reviews, and links (HT: OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas).

Linux | OpenOffice | OpenSouce Software | Thunderbird

No Real Market for Linux Desktops

ByHenry Neufeld November 23, 2009November 23, 2009

Jason Hiner of TechRepublic, in an article titled The market has rejected Linux Desktops. Get over it shows that Linux market share in desktop computing has hung in the +/- 1% ranger for a decade and suggests this is unlikely to change very much. He cites a number of reasons, but I think the most…

Linux | OpenSouce Software | | Ubuntu

Past Meets Present: Command Line Twitter Clients on Linux

ByHenry Neufeld October 25, 2016

Today in my inbox, which often overflows with notifications about open source software, I received two separate notifications which I plan to combine in one blog post. The first was a list of command line clients for Twitter for use under Linux. My main office machine runs Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak), and I date from…

OpenSouce Software | Software Patents

Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Microsoft Patent Suits

ByHenry Neufeld May 24, 2007

This is an interesting article. I wonder if he’s right. I dislike Microsoft quite a lot, and generally I see this as one more reason. It would be nice, of course, if they became an ally on the patent issue as Shuttleworth suggests. In software patents have definitely become the enemy of innovation.

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