Make Installing Free Software for Windows a Snap
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| One reason I initially had doubts about Win-get is that the concept of a
| package manager doesn't translate well outside the ecosystem of free software
| and open source. On my Ubuntu system, every six months, my package manager
| tells me that it has new versions of the OpenOffice.org suite and the Gimp
| (not to mention practically everything else I've installed on my machine)
| ready to download and install, gratis. Can you imagine a day when some
| Windows OS applet in the system tray will let you know that new versions of
| Photoshop are ready and waiting to come screaming down the pipe to you?
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136454-c,opensource/article.html
Yesterday:
Seeking a little Linux? Try Blackbox
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| What else do I get with Blackbox? In addition to the memory savings, I get a
| cleaner, simpler interface reminiscent of Linux, the free, open-source
| operating system. The style that I chose, "mourn-blue," is a restful
| dark-grayish-blue, with a narrow task bar at the top of the page.
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| So far, I'm enjoying the streamlined interface, the Linux-like multiple
| Desktops, and the overall minimalist appearance. I may decide to go all the
| way and install it to boot up into Blackbox every time.
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http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/08/28/columnists/calvin_ross/iq_4094633.txt
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