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- Open Source Geek on every level
- Gaming for Linux - my reasonYou know what, I'd love to see a way to get my Windows based games on to Linux, easily. See most of the apps I run locally are Open source and readily available for Linux anyways. Pretty much the reason I still have Windows today...
- Tags: binarypc, game, Linux, Microsoft Windows, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-03-04
- 64 Bit Linux: the good the bad the flash-less
- forget Macromedia...You have to go to Adobe now for flash. I was having a little fit also with the 'new' flash plug in. I gues I wasn't the only one because just today they have a new flash for Linux. It comes in two flavors, one of which is...
- Tags: 64-bit, dawgit
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- email and linux
- pineI've been using pine as my email client since 1992 - also started out using it on Sun boxes. I have never been infected with an email virus. I like pine because it always works and does everything I need it to do. I am not a fan of HTML...
- Tags: e-mail, jon@...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-17
- Open Source Back Doors
- absolutelyIt's not just the NSA. It's entirely possible that the NSA may have mandated backdoors installed in software like MS Windows, but there are two reasons I don't even bother worrying about that if/when I need to use Windows (a distinct rarity these days -- only for Guild Wars...
- Tags: apotheon, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, networking, NSA, open source, open source report, security, software, window, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- Ubuntu reaches out to Novell: backlash ensues
- I also favor including non open source drivers in Linux.I agree with the philosophy of including proprietary hardware drivers in Linux distributions for all of the reasons that you stated. As you stated if some GPL purists want a "clean" distributio
- Tags: open source report, ubuntu, off-topic, novice, marketing, programming, hardware, drivers, windows, wireless, networking, shinderpaljandu, Linux, distro, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-01
- Linux needs boxes
- All they need to do is allow stores to sell it for $5 and keep the profitID Software got its start with Doom by asking 711 and computer stores to offer Doom for $10. The stores could get the disks from ID Software for free and the only they...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, george_ou@..., Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
- Microsoft and Novell: the other shoe drops
- Minor quibble"Development frameworks are plentiful, powerful and so easy to use 15 year olds can write world-class software"This is utter balderdash. I do not see many billion dollar companies or even that many FOSS projects (outside of the "roc
- Tags: open source report, programming, windows, F/OSS, Justin James, Linux, developer, world class, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-11-17
- Vista and hardware support
- Hopefully they've gone over the top this time.If we are lucky nobody will upgrade to Vista. Their only sales will be preinstalled Vista on Dell computers. Microsoft certainly has a right to be paid for its products. On the other hand they are making
- Tags: hardware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, open source report, software, stress junkie, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- Five years or five months? Which is the better upgrade cycle?
- Yes but ...... major Linux distributions maintain support for any given version for a long time. I had a similar experience with SuSE. I had purchased and installed v9.2 when 6 months later they released v9.3 at a $10 increase. I got really upset an
- Tags: bug patch, Linux, Linux distribution, Microsoft Corp., open source report, patch management, software, stress junkie, SuSE
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- What would the loss of RedHat Linux mean?
- riiiight..While being able to buy support is equal to credibility for most corporate purchasing officers, losing Red Hat would improve to quality of the distros out there, since Red Hat is one of the THREE LEAST standards compliant distros out there
- Tags: distro, linux, open source, open source report, Red Hat Inc., software, stress junkie
- Discussion threads 2006-10-31
- New Old School Window Management
- what do ya knowyou actually came up with a posting I can't rip ya for.;)enlightenment, it's only for those who have been enlightened. windows wankers are out of luck.gnome knobs get pooched.:Dand kde, might as well be winders.most of the window environments try to duplicate either winders or macos, the...
- Tags: command line, GUI, Jaqui, linux, open source report, window
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- The magic of Ubuntu Linux
- bahhh!! bloatware almost as bad a rad het's crapuse a real distro, linux from scratch.get rid of the pre packaged microsnot style distros and get back to real linux.I actually would never use any of the *buntu variants because they broke *x security and bloated the os with useless crap.why...
- Tags: distro, Jaqui, Linux, open source report, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
Additional Resources
- SMARTi II (zip)
- Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management. The open source model allows Alfresco to use best-of-breed open source technologies and contributions from the open source community to get higher quality software produced more quickly at much lower cost. SMARTi II has been integrated with Alfresco for...
- Tags: FileMark, SMARTi II, Alfresco, Open Source
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- SMARTi COLD for Alfresco (zip)
- Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management. The open source model allows Alfresco to use best-of-breed open source technologies and contributions from the open source community to get higher quality software produced more quickly at much lower cost. Filemark SMARTi COLD/ERM has been integrated with Alfresco...
- Tags: FileMark, Alfresco, Filemark SMARTi COLD ERM, Open Source
- Software downloads 2008-07-23
- Indemnification Becomes Open Source’s Nightmare and Microsoft’s Blessing
- Download this free Yankee Group Report to read about software license indemnification and how it can help your company mitigate the threat of lawsuits related to intellectual property rights, copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, or patent infringement. Discover why organizations using free, open source software are at far greater...
- Tags: Software, Indemnification, Software License, Microsoft Corp., Asset Management, Intellectual Property, Open Source, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Research & Development
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Is open source a threat to businesses legally?
- When it comes to intellectual property, McAfee warns that open source may be more of a threat to businesses. An excerpt from PC World: "To the extent we utilize 'open source' software we face risks," McAfee said in its 10-K annual report, filed at the end...
- Tags: Open Source, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Open Source Software's Expanding Role in the Enterprise: Companies Adopt Open Source as Standard
- Open source has emerged as one of the more important IT trends in this young century. The application of open source methodologies has grown significantly in scope, as has its usage, over a relatively short period of time. In the study discussed in this paper, more than half the companies...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Open Source
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Open Source Security Myths Dispelled
- Is it risky to trust mission-critical infrastructure to open source software? Why should we pay an open source vendor when open source is supposed to be free? Will a shift to open source add complexity to our IT infrastructure? These questions all arise from open source myths...
- Tags: Open Source
- White papers 2007-09-25
- Evaluating Open Source Software for Your Business
- This paper looks at the strange world of open source IT decision making that can get in the way of good decisions. The exuberant IT manager sees open source like found money or a snow day; if it's free and good, why bother with the evaluation? Let's just use it....
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Pathfinder Development, Open Source
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Open Source Strategies for Software Developers
- The benefits associated with open source software can be realized as long as there is a plan to mitigate any risks that are part of using open source products. The ubiquity of open source software is increasing. Whether used as a small tool for software development, or as the core...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Open-source Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
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