List: Designed for Linux
This Amazon list will be regularly update with things I find that are particularly designed for use with Linux: Designed for Linux.
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Finding OpenClipart in Ubuntu
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…
Using Audicity with Ubuntu and PulseAudio
Read this page from the PulseAudio Wiki. It’s one of those really super single pages that solve many problems. May their number increase!
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…
The Ada Initiative – Women in Open Source
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…
Photo Management and Raw Photo Editing in Linux
Ubuntu Productivity provides a good list of apps, short reviews, and links (HT: OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas).
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I have long been an advocate of OpenOffice.org, and have some of my commercial clients using it. For most business needs for an office suite, it provides more than enough capability, and saves companies large amounts of money, even if they make significant donations to the project. I was disappointed in the latest version of…