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Arch + Openbox: February screenshots
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| Yes, I’m back to Openbox. I liked KDE 4.2 an awful lot, I just realised that
| I don’t really need a desktop environment. I guess that’s why I always
| return to Openbox: I know my way around it well enough to configure it just
| the way I like, and it doesn’t get in my way.
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http://celettu.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/arch-openbox-february-screenshots/
Related:
FOSS: Price Is Zero, Value Is Priceless
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| The main factor working against the growth of open source software in Asia
| has been the ready availability of pirated versions of Microsoft's software.
| However, open source advocates are gaining traction in places such as Nepal,
| where Linux is growing in popularity.
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| [...]
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| FOSS alternatives exist for almost all commercial software, Pradhananga says.
| What is lacking is awareness, he says.
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| Now, Foss Nepal with MPP, Help Nepal Network and other cyberactivists are
| trying to change all that with public programs and recruitment of young
| software engineers into the movement.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/FOSS-Price-Is-Zero-Value-Is-Priceless-65263.html
Opinion: You really can do more with less
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| Perhaps you're providing support for two kinds of very similar software, such
| as Unix and Linux operating systems; again, it would be less expensive to
| consolidate.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120498
Is Simple Software Always Better?
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| On the opposite end of the spectrum, some software is built to be
| so simple and elegant that you wonder if the developers only created
| it so that it could be entered into a beauty pageant. All beauty and
| no brains isn't a good combination either, but even with that said,
| this is the development style that some OS X developers have fallen
| into. Their applications may animate a certain action beautifully,
| which is cool, but does the software actually do what it needs to
| do? Are you sacrificing functionality for looks? Does the program
| really add anything new, or is it the same old thing with an
| extreme makeover? The truth of the matter is that looks will only
| get you so far. You may be able to initially draw some eyeballs
| your way, but once the novelty wears off, what do you have to show
| for yourself? If you leave your users wanting more, then they may
| even switch over to the "old-fashioned" applications that may not
| look very pretty, and they may have a lot going on, but at least
| they can get the job done.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2394&Itemid=449
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