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It's Not the Cost of the OS - It's the Cost of Apps
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| Software costs now dwarf hardware costs
|
| Times have changed though, pretty thoroughly: at this point you can get a
| pretty rocking computer loaded with RAM, a quad core processor, a great
| graphics card, and a gi-normous fast hard drive for about $700. And have room
| in the budget for a great big gorgeous color LCD to see it all on and maybe
| even a nice big graphics pen-tablet. Meanwhile, the cost of Photoshop and all
| the other creative software has not come down one iota. Something's gotta
| give.
|
| So it was the lure of free-libre programs like the Gimp, Blender, Audacity,
| Inkscape, and Rawstudio that first drew me in. Actually, I think it was
| probably OpenOffice that was the first FOSS program I downloaded and
| installed onto Windows 2000. You see, with the relatively small amount of
| word processing and office type stuff I do, it seemed crazy to keep buying
| office software. (I used WordPerfect ages ago, and I've never used MS Office
| at all.) So I tried OOo and guess what? It was just brilliant, exactly what I
| needed and more. Wow, I thought, how can a program this good be completely
| free?
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http://ubuntulinuxologisms.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-cost-of-os-its-cost-of-apps.html
Celtx jumps a version, releases 2.0
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| After years of perpetual beta (it’s vogue these days), Celtx, the open source
| media pre-production and screenwriting application, finally earned its 1.0
| status this past June. So it might seem a little odd that only eight months
| later, Celtx is making the jump to 2.0 (and it does seem a little sudden) so
| let’s take a look and see if this new version worth its version number.
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http://fosswire.com/2009/02/27/celtx-2/
Recent:
Best Affordable Computer Options
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| Below are the cheapest pre-fabricated computers that I could find. They all
| run on Linux based operating systems.
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http://sivartravis.com/2008/volunteering/best-affordable-computer-options/
Related:
Linux will dominate UK schools within 5 years
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| Yes, it does seem unlikely doesn't it? Windows has been the only reality for
| several generations of computer users. But is the tide finally beginning to
| turn?
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| At the Education Show held in February 2007, the talk was of 'sustainable'
| computing and how schools could use technology to reduce their 'carbon
| footprint'. Nobody had any idea of what was to come – a host of Linux-based,
| ultra-portable, incredibly cheap and very green personal laptops.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/linux-will-dominate-uk-schools-within-5-years.html
Linux Laptops Reach Critical Mass
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| Toss in Ubuntu’s growing popularity on desktops and laptops, and it appears
| as if Linux for PCs and laptops is finally ready to go mainstream. For more
| on Ubuntu and Linux going mainstream,
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/02/20/linux-laptops-reach-critical-mass/
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