Link: Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Access
From opensource.com, 4 opensource alternatives to Microsoft Access. Some may be easier to use as well.
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Switching to Linux
This guess post at Greg Laden’s blog gives one man’s experience switching to Linux. It’s a repost from 2009, so the version numbers are a bit different (Ubuntu is at 11.10 now), but it still gives a pretty good idea of what to expect. I would add the strong recommendation that when you switch operating…
Comparing Linux and Windows at TechRepublic
I think this is a fairly good list. This might help folks deciding whether they can afford to use a Linux station at the office.
Link: Opensource.com AI Predictions
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Trying Scribus
I can’t really say testing Scribus, because I’m very much not a graphics person. I do the page layout for my company’s books, but that’s because we’re such a small company, and I can just manage to do it. I do all that layout in OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer does a great job for someone like…
A Linux to Consider
If you don’t need Windows only computer games, here’s a Linux version you might want to try: https://betanews.com/2020/03/05/zorinos-152-linux-windows/.