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The Actual Worth of Your Linux Machine

31 Oct

So this idea struck up in my mind when I saw a recent post about what actually is the original market share of Linux.The post gives great insights into how the market share is being computed and frankly IMHO there are significant amount of discrepancies in calculating that for couple of reasons, major one of them being that many people pay for it & many get paid ;) .

We use open source softwares daily in our life the fact is we just don’t know about it. Most of the people using Android on there smart-phones out their don’t even know its open source. People tend to buy sh!+ (sorry had to put this) for few bucks rather then trying FOSS(Free open source software) just cause it hurts their standards & corporate world has taught them that nothing comes for free.

Not going deep into that never ending debate, the question arises, well we are some way or another attached to FOSS then what actually is the real value of FOSS we are using. Another reason for this post was that I was really wanted to figure out what if all these OSS were paid.

For starters

are all open source and yes I’m not kidding..!!! 8)

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Ubuntu Studio 10.10: The Perfect Studio

14 Oct

Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia editing/creation flavor of Ubuntu, built for the GNU/Linux audio, video, and graphics enthusiast/professional.

Ubuntu Studio Maverick Meerkat 10.10 is available as a 1.7GB DVD iso image here at Ubuntu Studio Download page.

As we have already covered this topic in detail in our previous post about Ubuntu Studio 9.10 & Ubuntu studio 10.04, we will just be highlighting the changes for this release.

Download

For more, please see this page.

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Basic Applications

18 Jun

Unlike Windows, when you install Ubuntu (& many other Linux distributions), a lot of Office and other Basic applications also get installed. You don’t have to spend time installing applications after you’ve installed the OS (that’s another reason why Linux is preferred for Live Distributions).

Here is some info about the applications which you’ll be using:

  1. OpenOffice.org: It is a free and complete Office Suite. It contains the following applications as a part of it:
    • Writer - a word processing software
    • Calc - a spreadsheet software
    • Impress – a presentation software
    • Base – a database management program
    • Draw – a vector graphics editor
    • Math – a tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae

    2. You’ll really be surprise to see that OpenOffice.org has almost everything inspite of being free which it’s counterpart Microsoft Office 2003 had. We’ll not compare the Microsoft Office 2007 with OpenOffice.org 3.0 because of a different interface.

    Most OO.o applications can be accessed in the Application —> Office menu

  2. GIMP: GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is almost as powerful as Photoshop, but Photoshop users might find it’s interface a bit awkward.

    3. GIMP can be accessed in the Application —> Graphics menu.

  3. Brasero Disc Burner: As the name suggests, it’s a complete and simple Disc Burning software.

    4. Brasero can be accessed in the Application —> Sound & Video menu.

  4. Transmission: Transmission is a BitTorrent client which can be used to download torrents.

    5. Transmission can be accessed in the Application —> Internet menu.

    But but but, we’ll highly recommend installing Deluge as we feel, it is better than Transmission and gives you a ‘uTorrent-ish’feel.

    Deluge can be installed by the following command: sudo apt-get install deluge-torrent or alternatively from the Synaptic Application Manager.

  5. Pidgin: Pidgin is an All-in-one Instant Messaging client. It supports, Gmail/Jabber, Yahoo, MSN/Live, AIM, ICQ, IRC and everything right under one free program.

    6. Pidgin can be accessed in the Application —> Internet menu.

  6. Ekiga: Ekiga Softphone is a free VoIP and video conferencing client for GNOME and Windows.

    7. Ekiga can be accessed in the Application —> Internet menu.

 
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