50-proprietary-programs- vs Opensource

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Copied from http://cambridgelug.org/node/88


I thought this would be of interest to everyone. This guy's got the right idea. Give people an alternative and a brief explanation about what you can you instead of the "boxed" license you to death software you buy in the stores. Great list of commonly used programs and their open source alternatives. One of the great things about the open source community is that each person doing their part really does make a difference.

http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-craz...

* jdtech's blog



http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-pro...you-crazy-and-their-open-source-alternatives/

 

[WoodPeckr]

Thanks. Great link.
Been using Ubuntu and many of these open source apps come with Ubuntu, plus more. After using them I see no reason to buy proprietary software. Many like their burning apps are laid out so well you can just pick them up, no big learning curve. Linux has come a long way.

 

[xix]

Btw

These program are not just for LINUX.

They are also available for :
WINDOWS
MAC
SOLARIS
LINUX

AND
FREEBSD???

 

[xix]

Well

Anything to crack DVD's and shrink them, I went to the K3b web site and didn't notice much of anything.

Also nothing in the way of games.

To shrink of fitting a Dvd use DVDShrink3.+ it is free.

Games? well click on the left side of the bar on that web page and they seem to have a listing.