My gift to start the new year:
Free Software!! It’s not just for geeks any more!!
Firefox: Free internet browsing software.
This is the one everyone should use. Firefox is sooooo much better than Explorer. Just the spell checker with editable dictionary is worth the download. The bonus of not dealing with microsoft is a side benefit. Read the rest of this entry »
Firstly, for those that have not heard of open source: Open source is software developed to be distributed for free with free permission to add, subtract, or modify the code to suit the user. (I’m sure I’ll get corrected on this definition by someone)
Secondly, off hooray for Word Press!! who make the software that runs this blog website. It’s open source and it installs like a dream. Usually I put aside a day or so to install web installations myself but this installed in less than 15 minutes, and I’m not exaggerating.
Well it has been an interesting year for me and open source with the full range of emotions from wanting to put my fist through my monitor to jumping up and down when that damn flash player finally worked. Around November 2005 I got started using oscommerce which is a software package designed to create an online store.
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