U.K. Officials Suggest to dump all the Microsoft software and start using Linux and Open Office. The Linux and GNU software offer a free or a very low cost alternatives to Microsoft software, so why to expend on a system which is expensive if you can have it free or at low cost. In words of Prime Minister David Cameron:
Often, I see posts where people are concerned about not meeting the prerequisites for getting S-OFF on their phones. The answer is to use a Linux LiveDVD.
In case you don't know already, here's a few of things about Linux, and LiveDVDs:
Linux is free.
Discussions, theses, theories and memes abound around Linux's inability to gain traction in the desktop marketplace. Some think the Linux Desktop is too hard to learn. Others say Linux Desktop is deficient. Linux elite say Linux wasn't really meant for the general users anyway. Microsoft says Linux in general is evil.
We know that there are numerous open source programs that find their home in both Windows and Linux. Many of these turn out to be among the apps that we use daily. However, did you know that you can get certain plugins only for Linux? Plus if a plugin exists for Windows, Linux lets you easily install them.
Hi,
Can anyone suggest the best free antivirus for Linux? I'm using RED HAT 9.0 & want to install antivirus for it....
So if anyone could suggest anything, that would be great.
100% Free OS ? Yeah!, I mean GNU/Linux based operating systems (a.k.a distributions or distro) which is made of free softwares and of course it has no proprietary stuffs.
In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, you can explore new upcoming apps or undiscovered cool apps – easily using Ubuntu Software Center. Now, some proprietary cool games are also available, besides the huge collection of free softwares.
Hotot : A lightweight twitter client
Hotot is a free and open source twitter client, available for all common platforms including GNU/Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint.
The sheer amount of software you can find in your average Linux package manager is astounding. For example, Ubuntu offers 502 free game downloads, all a single click away in the software center. Other Linux distributions, including Fedora and Suse, offer just as many choices.With that many games it’s hard to know what’s worth playing and what’s not.