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Funny bugger – from “Windows rapidly approaching desktop usability”

The SimplyMEPIS version of GNU/Linux I run on my “workhorse” laptop computer includes a full-featured office suite, ftp, chat, and graphics software, and dozens of other useful programs on its installation CD. Windows XP included none of these, and most of the equivalent packages available for Windows are costly. Some, like Microsoft’s Office software (which is similar to OpenOffice.org but doesn’t read as many file formats and won’t directly save your work as PDFs), cost more than the operating system itself.

Meanwhile at Slashdot, lessons that Linux can learn from DOS on DOS’s upcoming 25th anniversary.

Here’s my new favourite guy – Mr Richard ‘Free Software’ Stallman. His site has a lot more than rants about free software though, and it would give certain right wing nutcase friends of mine a coronary.

Bugger all time at the moment – but while installing a Domino 7 beta on my wee Linux server I stumbled across Sun’s ‘Looking Glass’ project – which is aiming for a funky looking 3D desktop…. The project is in its infancy, but check out the screenshots for an idea of where they’re heading.

If you’re a nerd who loves your software then Revolution OS is the doco for you. In fact, I’ve watched this film twice this week with three non-nerds and they also loved it as much as I did. It plots the rise of Linux and free/open source software. Lots of hyper-intelligent guys with beards, long hair and ethical business practices.

Alright – posting from Linux! It was easy to connect to the internet – I basically just plugged the cable in and it worked. However, I think it is going to be a little trickier to get the wireless card working.