Tag Archives for open source
Wary Puppy Linux 5.2
The true power of Linux is in its near-infinite variety: no matter what your particular requirement, the chances are that you can find a distribution tailored to your needs. There are Linux distributions aimed at power users, programmers, gamers, people moving from Windows and those with older hardware that just isn’t powerful enough for many…
Ubuntu 11.04 by Canonical
The growing popularity of Linux has led to a resurgence of interest in the open-source operating system, which – in turn – has led to a profusion of new distributions, spin-offs, and custom platforms which cater to a wide variety of niches. Sometimes, though, you just want a standard desktop distribution. Ubuntu, created by UK-based…
Joli OS 1.2 Linux by Jolicloud
With the launch of the Chromebook, a new breed of cut-price laptop running Google’s Chrome OS software, the interest in so-called ‘cloud computing’ has never been higher. It’s easy to forget, however, that before Google came along, there were other companies offering remarkably similar software packages that can be installed – for free, even –…
The Document Foundation – LibreOffice 3.3
To talk about the new release of a open-source productivity suite LibreOffice, it’s necessary to talk a bit of corporate politics. For the path to LibreOffice was opened back when Oracle bought up Sun. Sun had been the surrogate parent of OpenOffice, having given it commercial support and stepped back to allow the open-source office…