Best Open Source Apps for Daily Use
What the proprietary world can do, FOSS can do better! That’s what this article hints at, as it takes you through the 11 most used open source apps. Every day, we use a…
M.Sc. in FOSS from Anna University: AU-KBC’s C. N. Krishnan Throws Some Light
The real bottleneck in the growth of FOSS in India is inadequate and commercially sustainable deployment with ‘real world users’… Under Anna University’s new two-year online distance education programme, students can pursue an…
An Interview with Richard Stallman on Freedom, Android, Amazon, Facebook, Steve Jobs…
Any government that tells people to teach proprietary software is essentially delivering the country into the hands of a company. Before you even speak a word before RMS (as Richard M Stallman is…
UEFI: Should Linux Users be Worried?
Microsoft intends to capture UEFI and make GNU/Linux and other free OSs “unauthorised”! Is this true, and if so, what is the community doing about it? This article attempts to answer some questions….
Proprietary Solutions Can’t Milk Money from these Cooperatives!
The dairy cooperative societies in Kerala are gradually switching to open source in an attempt to cut costs and stay secure. While people are still contemplating whether to use open source in their…
An Interview with Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” Jared Smith,…
“Open-Source Professionals are Welcome at Impetus”
If you think there is a dearth of financially viable opportunities in the world of FOSS, think again! Organisations like Impetus Infotech (India) Pvt Ltd welcome IT professionals with exposure to the open…
FOSS Trainer Powers Up 170 College Labs in Tamil Nadu!
“In India, open source software will have to come and stay in a big way, for the benefit of our billion people,” Dr A P J Abdul Kalam once said. Dr Kalam’s words…
FOSS is __FUN__: A Testing Time
The other day, I had an opportunity to see how software development takes place in the “industry” — in other words, the proprietary world. I did not know whether to laugh or cry!…
Linux Kernel Development Using Git
This article looks at setting up Git and using it for Linux kernel development. It is aimed at developers who would like to move their development environment to Git SCM. I assume that…
May 22, 2013
amitsaha — Thank you for your kind comments everyone. I am glad it's been of help.
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May 22, 2013
zero client — SUNDE desktop computing solutions are very much cost effective with environmental
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May 22, 2013
tabsong — pretty nice
May 21, 2013
JKR — More efficient? Probably. More readable? Definitely not.
May 21, 2013
Prashanth Joshi — The author assumes that the first article being introductory in nature is for the beginners. So there is no question...
