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Nine Rules for Designing a Linux Desktop By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 07, 2012 The Linux user revolts of recent times could be avoided by following these guidelines. Tags: KDE, open source tools, Linux, Gnome 75 Open Source Apps That Could Improve Your Life By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 25, 2012 These open source apps can help you keep your resolutions to break bad computing habits, stick to a budget, and much more. Tags: open source apps, open source tools, open source 92 Open Source Apps That Replace Everyday Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 18, 2012 Some of the best open source applications available for home, school, small business or enterprise users. Tags: open source, open source apps, open source tools 60 Open Source Replacements for Communications Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 12, 2011 Open source software for blogging, file transfer, wikis, CRM, desktop publishing, email and much more. Tags: open source, open source tools, Linux Xamarin Brings Mono to IceCream Sandwich By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 05, 2011 After splitting from Novell and SUSE, the Mono startup is now accelerating development. Tags: open source tools, Xamarin, IceCream Sandwich, Mono 25 Ways Open Source is Catching On Beyond Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 28, 2011 The open source movement is spreading far beyond software to space travel, cars, spying, textbooks, art -- even cupcakes. Tags: open source apps, open source tools, open source software 67 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Applications By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published August 16, 2011 Open source software goes head to head against its proprietary alternatives. Tags: open source software, open source tools 53 Open Source Replacements to Spice Up Your Desktop By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 15, 2011 Open source downloads for desktop search, virtual desktops, snazzy wallpaper and much more. Come on, live a little! Tags: Linux desktop, open source software, software, Linux downloads, open source tools 56 Open Source Replacements for Popular Web Development and Design Tools By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 14, 2010 Open source Web development tools for collaboration, content management, ecommerce, video, coding, layout and more. Tags: open source software, web dev software, Linux downloads, open source tools, Web development KDE 4.6 Beta: Finding New Directions By Bruce Byfield | Article Published December 08, 2010 KDE 4.6 falls short of the dramatic changes of early KDE 4 releases, yet it lays the groundwork for the desktop’s future development. Tags: Linux desktop, Linux downloads, open source tools, KDE 4, Widget libraries Tracking Linux Network Stats with vnStat By Brian Proffitt | Article Published November 22, 2010 The Linux networking tool nStat is a popular network traffic logger. Tags: Linux, networking, Linux server monitoring, open source tools, Linux downloads 50 Awesome Open Source Apps You've (Probably) Never Heard Of By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 25, 2010 Open source downloads for audio, video, backup, ecommerce, document management, networking and many other desktop tasks. Tags: open source tools, Linux downloads, Linux desktop, open source, open source software Ubuntu Netbook 10.10: Usability vs. Constraints By Bruce Byfield | Article Published October 20, 2010 Your comfort with the Ubuntu Netbook depends on whether your work habits conform to the assumptions built into the design. Tags: Ubuntu, Linux downloads, open source tools, netbooks, netbook 55 Open Source Replacements for Popular Networking Tools By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 18, 2010 Open source downloads that can help you design, test, deploy, manage, monitor, and secure your network. Tags: network software, open source tools, networking, Linux downloads, open source Fedora 14 Linux Boosts Security with OpenSCAP By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 04, 2010 In-development Fedora 14 community Linux release includes open source Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) framework. So what is it and why does it matter? Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, security, Fedora, open source tools Ubuntu, Canonical Wallow in Muddy Waters with Contributors' Agreements By Bruce Byfield | Article Published September 21, 2010 The Canonical Contributor Agreement is riddled with potential difficulties, causing concern among various parties. Tags: Shuttleworth, Linux desktop, Canonical, Ubuntu, open source tools 58 Open Source Replacements for Commercial Communications Apps By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published September 20, 2010 Open source downloads for desktop publishing, email, IM, speech, file transfer, and many other tasks. Tags: Linux, Email management, open source, free software, open source tools Choice is Messy (Free Software Likes It That Way) By Bruce Byfield | Article Published September 15, 2010 Once again we hear calls to better organize Linux software, yet once again they fall on deaf ears. Tags: open source tools, Linux downloads, Linux, open source, KDE 4 58 Open Source Replacements for Small Business Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published August 26, 2010 Open source software geared for the many needs of small businesses, including accounting, CRM, desktop publishing, security and more. Tags: Linux, open source tools, open source, SMB, Linux downloads 50 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published August 17, 2010 Open source downloads that compare in quality and feature-set to high end proprietary applications. Tags: open source tools, downloads, open source software, Linux, KDE Why is Ubuntu Succeeding Where Linspire Failed? By Matt Hartley | Article Published August 05, 2010 Linspire was the Ubuntu of its day, yet it failed despite using tactics that are now succeeding wildly for Ubuntu. Tags: Linux downloads, Linux, Ubuntu, Linux desktop, open source tools Linux Music Players: Amarok vs. Clementine By Bruce Byfield | Article Published July 28, 2010 The two Linux music players display different assumptions about what users want. Which do you prefer? Tags: open source tools, Linux, open source, music, KDE The 75 "Funnest" Open Source Downloads By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published July 26, 2010 Do we need to complicate this? What part of ‘fun download’ don’t you understand? Tags: open source software, open source, games, open source tools, Linux Living the Linux Lifestyle By Matt Hartley | Article Published July 26, 2010 What approach to computing (and life) prompts a person to use a Linux box on a daily basis? Tags: Linux, open source, open source tools, Linux downloads, Linux desktop 50 Open Source Replacements for Popular Financial Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published July 20, 2010 Open source downloads for a wide array of financial tasks, from simple accounting to full business operations tracking. Tags: open source tools, downloads, open source, financial software, open source software Ubuntu Romances the Enterprise By Brian Proffitt | Article Published July 15, 2010 The open source vendor is pushing its server product into the enterprise using a free version as a hook. Tags: open source, Ubuntu Server, Enterprise, open source tools, Ubuntu Five Small Linux Boxes: Cheap PCs By Paul Ferrill | Article Published July 08, 2010 This handful of diminutive Linux boxes are inexpensive yet they can get the job done. Tags: Linux downloads, Linux desktop, Linux, open source, open source tools Top Ten Apps That Make Linux Fun To Use By Matt Hartley | Article Published July 06, 2010 Break the dull Linux desktop habit -- audio-video, games, image editing, comics and more. Plus: what's your favorite Linux app? Tags: Linux downloads, Linux desktop, Linux, open source, open source tools Are Firms Leery of Open Source Servers? By Paul Rubens | Article Published July 02, 2010 To succeed, vendors that sell open source server software use 'proprietary' models. Or do they? Tags: open source, Red Hat, open source server, open source tools, MySQL Break your Ubuntu Addiction: Three Strong Distros By Matt Hartley | Article Published June 24, 2010 Before Ubuntu largely takes over the desktop Linux community, you may want to consider some other flavors. Tags: open source tools, Linux downloads, Ubuntu, Linux, Linux desktop 50 Open Source Tools That Replace Popular Education Apps By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published June 22, 2010 Open source educational software is rapidly gaining adoption in a wide array of teaching environments. Tags: open source, free software, education, open source tools, download apps KDE 4.5 2nd Beta: The End of an Era By Bruce Byfield | Article Published June 21, 2010 The KDE Linux desktop’s rapid pace of innovation seems to have slowed. Tags: KDE, Linux desktop, Linux downloads, open source tools, Linux Wordpress 3 Jazzes Up Open Source Content Management By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 18, 2010 New release moves beyond blogging roots, with multi-site, navigation and UI improvements. Tags: content management system, CMS, open source tools, open source software, open source Eight Ways GNOME Could be Improved By Matt Hartley | Article Published June 07, 2010 A longtime GNOME user suggests a number of improvements to the Linux desktop, some simple, some major. Tags: Linux, KDE, Gnome, Linux desktop, open source tools Microsoft Makes Outlook Tools Open Source By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 25, 2010 The company continues its initiatives to open up to open source developers, with the release of two new tools for working with Outlook's PST file formats. Tags: open source, Microsoft, SDK, Outlook, open source tools 50 Open Source Tools To Replace Popular Security Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 18, 2010 Replacing commercial security software with open source tools doesn’t always offer the prefect solution, yet can provide cost and flexibility advantages. Tags: open source tools, Linux, security, open source, open source software Is GNOME or KDE Better for New Users? By Matt Hartley | Article Published May 17, 2010 The generally accepted myth that migrating Windows or OS X users should choose KDE over GNOME doesn’t make much sense. Tags: KDE, Linux desktop, Gnome, open source tools, Linux Future GNOME: What to Expect in GNOME 3.0 By Bruce Byfield | Article Published May 12, 2010 While KDE's last major version release prompted a near user revolt, a GNOME leader expects a far smoother reception to the upcoming GNOME desktop. Tags: Linux downloads, Linux desktop, Linux, open source tools, Gnome Mozilla Loses Its CEO By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 12, 2010 John Lilly calls it quits after five years to join venture capital firm amid rapid changes in both the open source and Web browser market. Tags: Mozilla Firefox, firefox mobile, Mozilla, Firefox, open source tools ForgeRock Picks Up Sun's Open Source Identity By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 12, 2010 New startup will extend the Sun OpenSSO (single sign on) and move it forward in an open source identity stack. Tags: Sun Microsystems, open source tools, open source software, Oracle, open source Mozilla Lays Out Firefox 4 Roadmap By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 11, 2010 Speed, new features and browser market leadership against rivals including Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are at the top of open source vendors plans for its next generation technology. Tags: open source, open source tools, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla, Web browsers Ubuntu Linux Getting 'Light' Edition By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 11, 2010 New Unity user interface effort aims to deliver lightweight versions of Ubuntu for desktops and notebooks. Tags: open source tools, Ubuntu, Shuttleworth, Linux desktop, Linux Apple, Microsoft Come Out Against Open Source Video Codecs By David Needle | Article Published May 01, 2010 An alleged e-mail from Apple's Steve Jobs suggests big-name vendors may be pooling their support around H.264 for Web video, while Microsoft backs H.264 as well -- and joins in some Flash-bashing for good measure. Tags: open source, Microsoft, video codec, open source tools, Apple Metasploit Goes Commercial in New Express Edition By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 22, 2010 New version of the popular open source penetration testing tool adds proprietary bits on top of an open core. Tags: commercial software, Rapid7, open source, open source tools, Metasploit Fedora 13 Beta: The Seen and (Troubling) Unseen By Bruce Byfield | Article Published April 20, 2010 Fedora 13, like Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx, is the release in which commercialization became embedded in the Linux desktop. Tags: Ubuntu, Linux desktop, open source tools, Fedora, Linux Estimating the Value of Novell's Linux OS By Paul Rubens | Article Published March 25, 2010 Amid speculation about Novell being acquired, what's the major open source vendor's Linux OS actually worth? Tags: Novell, open source, open source tools, Linux, enterprise software Can Ubuntu Server Be a Datacenter Leader? By Kenneth Hess | Article Published March 12, 2010 The flexibility of Ubuntu's cost structure offers a competitive advantage: companies purchase support for it only if they need or want to. Tags: server, open source server, open source tools, Ubuntu, Linux Digg Moves From MySQL to NoSQL By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 11, 2010 Digg decides that relational databases aren't the way to go and moves its infrastructure to the Cassandra NoSQL database with the help of a new migration tool that will soon be open source. Tags: open source tools, MySQL, NoSQL, Digg, Facebook GNOME and KDE: Seven Attractions in Each By Bruce Byfield | Article Published March 09, 2010 Both GNOME and KDE have caught up in features and narrowed the gap in usability with proprietary desktops. Tags: Gnome, Linux desktop, open source tool, open source tools, KDE Ten Leading Open Source Server Technologies By Kenneth Hess | Article Published March 02, 2010 Open source server technologies like Zenoss, Mono, and (of course) Apache are among the top open source server tools. Tags: server management, servers, open source tools, open source 50 Open Source Tools: Desktop Downloads By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 23, 2010 Have open source tool, will travel: Open source tools for every aspect of the Linux desktop experience. Tags: Linux downloads, open source, Linux, open source tools, Linux desktop |
