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An Open Source Guide For The Average PC User
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."
Wow, that and 50 cents will get you a hand job from your dad.... I'm so impressed.. Idiot...Anonymous Coward says it all for you.
Yeah, my karma sucks....but so do the mods.
I've found great stuff from here, not necessarily open source though.
http://searchlores.org/bangla.htm
And of course, the Pricelessware.
http://www.pricelessware.org/
Yeah, alright! I'm sure I can install open source project stuff on my granny's Linux PC. After all, if it doesn't work you simply have to recompile, write some more drivers, patch my kernel, check service version dependancies, etc...
While I'm foolishly ranting on a open source haven website, let me remind you that most open source projects are still listed as BETA and hardely ever reach their finished state(Check out the games section of freshmeat sometime).
Yeah, I'll get right on that open source wagon when M$ buys it out! (Freewave pokes at the silly little penguin) Is open source for me? No thanks, my enslaved soul still belongs to M$.