Posts Tagged ‘linux source’

SAD (miss you)
I just hope you are very wrong with that prediction.

We have computer in our school which is linux open source, but in my home i have a microsoft based. I would like to know which is better to use and what is in demand.

I need it to run on a Flash drive. It needs to be small because I’m hoping to use it as a portable photo gallery. It needs to be cross-platform so it can run both on Windows for my family and GNU/Linux (Ubuntu) for me. I hope that it can be Open Source software (GPL), but freeware is ok too.

How do I install a linux OS on an old MAc Power Book G3? What is the best (most stable) Linux Operating System (open source)?

Is there a governing body that accepts changes and distributes them to the masses or does Open Source simply mean that you can make all the changes you want on your own system without violating license agreements?

The open-source Wine project is less a solution and more a workaround when it comes to the issue of running Windows applications on Linux.
– After devoting my last couple of columns to the topic of choosing an alternate OS (in particular, Linux) without giving up your Windows apps, I didn’t plan on extending the discussion further that is, until a lively reader exchange prompted me to turn that pair of columns into a trio.
If we’re to d…

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