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An Open Source Guide For The Average PC User

Posted by Zonk on from the tux-for-all-and-all-for-tux dept.

prostoalex writes "The regular Yahoo! News feature Tech Tuesday this week is dedicated to open source software for the home user. Open source for all spells out the open source ideas for a regular PC user, while providing some helpful links to some popular software. The open source PC is a guide on most popular open source apps that would be common for a home user to have. Is open source for you? discusses shortcomings of open source software and cases when it's not recommended." From the article: "Never fear, counterculture types. You can still liberate the code, and experience many other perks, by becoming part of the open-source movement. With the steadily increasing number of open-source applications on the Web, there are more projects than ever to check out, covering nearly every imaginable application: from word processors and e-mail applications to media players and video games."

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  1. OpenCD by saskboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.theopencd.org/
    Is a common link when a topic like this comes up.

    I find I can make a more current and better CD than OpenCD, and I'd encourage other geeks to compile their own Open Software CDs, and recommend software to their friends. If they're looking to record sounds, use Audacity. If they want to borrow your Word CD, show them Open Office 1.9.122.

    If they want to rip their CD collection, install CDex for them and show them the CDDB button, then press F9.

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    Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
    1. Re:OpenCD by Adelbert · · Score: 5, Informative

      This episode of LUGRadio has an interview with Henrik Nielsen Omma, who maintains the OpenCD project. Its well worth a listen, particularly when he talks about his collaboration with Ubuntu.

  2. Re:Opensource list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "File sharing? NFS"

    I'd say OpenSSH. You can tunnel a lot of things through it and only have one port to "guard". And with Gnome/KDE you can get GUI access to file transfers through their file mangers. Plus you can communicate with OS X and Windblows too with it (assuming Windblows has ssh installed).