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Editted again 3-23-2020 A list of about 75 Free Open Source Software that rivals Costly Windows Software, Some of Which You Can Try on Windows

3 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments TrekJunky

EDITTED YET AGAIN: Added KMyMoney to finance EDITTED AGAIN: Added a gem I've loved for years and years DeVeDe and DeVeDeNG EDITTED: i HAVE UPDATED THE DOCUMENT IN WHICH I LABELED EACH SOFTWARE WITH (w) TO SIGNIFY A WINDOWS VERSION. I created a short...

Recent SONM Status Announcement Can Bring The Project Into Higher Levels

13 Sep 2019 2 minute read 2 comments Ravir3z

I know I haven't been posting in a while but I find this super interesting to share with you. This is the recent official statement from SONM team on their development. It might give them a decent push out of the top600 sphere back to top200 again. L...

My Open-Source Android Apps - 2019 [BecauseOfProg]

13 Aug 2019 4 minute read 0 comments kernoeb

Hello !I use more and more open-source applications on my smartphone, so I decided to share them with you :D English translated updated version from https://becauseofprog.fr : https://becauseofprog.fr/article/applications-android-fevrier-2019 - AdAwa...

Open-Source Starter Pack

30 Jul 2019 2 minute read 1 comment The Part Time Economist

In 10 days, I will complete my last course and earn my Masters of Business Administration. The reason I say that is because I was able to make it through college without ever paying for Microsoft Office. In this post, I want to share my "Open-source...

Updated: IMHO, Why Linux wins over Windows - fourteen reasons why

23 Jul 2019 1 minute read 6 comments TrekJunky

Most Linux flavors are free. Free as in Free Beer, but also so much more like Free Speech or Free to use. All Linux flavors come with about 500 or more free AKA Open Source software programs WITH the option to download THOUSANDS more FREE You can do...

For the newbie AKA Windows User gone Linux that wants to do more than wade ankle deep.

23 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments TrekJunky

If you don't mind change AND you want to try something more than Zorin OS, may I recommend OpenSuSE Leap 15.1 (the latest at this writing).    OpenSuSE Leap is made for the newbie, the amateur, the expert, the engineer, and the developer. All of us c...

Linux has a multitude of choices. Let me make it real easy for those who want wade in ankle deep.

19 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments TrekJunky

For some people, leaving Windows behind can be scary and daunting. Linux or Mac. Mac is expensive so you would be trading one bill for another. But MOST Linux is free. After you get your feet wet with free Linux OSes you still have the choice to pay...

Mostly Open Source AKA Free Software some of which you can install on Windows

19 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments TrekJunky

Open Source Software gives you the freedom to run the software, the freedom to study and modify the software, the freedom to redistribute the software, and the freedom to distribute your modifications. Items marked with (w) have Windows Versions.   E...

Save yourself a ton of money by installing free LibreOffice which replaces MS Office

19 Jul 2019 1 minute read 1 comment TrekJunky

LibreOffice is a suite of software that includes Writer, Base, Draw, Calc, and others which replaces MS Office's Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access etc. The best part is that LibreOffice saves in MS Office format so you can still share your documents wi...

Navigating Through the File System

12 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Jared York

In this guide, we will learn how to work with the file system.  Let's cut to the chase.  We can start by opening the terminal. Now by default, your shell is looking in the home directory.  A shell is a program that processes commands and returns outp...