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OpenOffice 3.0 – Superior Alternative to Microsoft Office Now Available

by on 13 October 2008 in Linux & Free Software, Technology

The much awaited Version 3.0 of OpenOffice.org is now available. OpenOffice .org is an open source office suite that is best known as a free and superior alternative to Microsoft Office. You can download the complete software package from here. I love OpenOffice.org. It is stable, easy to use, and runs on Linux, Windows  Mac [...]

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Gimp 2.6 Released

by on 3 October 2008 in Linux & Free Software, Technology

A new version of Gimp, my most favorite graphics editor, has just been released. Gimp is a free software that you can use for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is the best alternative to Photoshop. It has a lot of new and improved features designed to make image manipulation swift and easy. [...]

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Firefox 3 Packages for Fedora 9

by on 18 June 2008 in Linux & Free Software

The latest stable version of Firefox is out now.  Click here to download the best browser on the planet and be part in making a Guinness World Record today. I have two Linux boxes – one runs Ubuntu 8.04 and the other Fedora 9. In Ubuntu, all I have to do is to let the [...]

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Firefox Download Day

by on 7 June 2008 in Linux & Free Software, Technology

Firefox wants to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours on June 17, 2008. And I have just pledged to download my most favorite browser to help make it come true. As of this writing, 876,074 people from all corners of the globe have already vowed to download Firefox [...]

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FOSS and Option for the Poor

by on 17 April 2008 in Linux & Free Software, Social Issues, Technology

Christians worldwide are called to follow Jesus’ example of showing preferential concern for the poor. This means that as Christ’s followers, they are called to respond to the needs of all, especially the marginalized and the most vulnerable. The philosophy of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is based on cooperation, common good and mutual [...]

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Ubuntu on My MacBook

by on 17 March 2008 in Linux & Free Software

I have recently acquired a brand new MacBook (2.2 GHz, 1Gb RAM). The first thing I did with it was to resize the OSX partition using Boot Camp to make space for Linux. Now my MacBook dualboots Leopard and Ubuntu.

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Download the Free Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course

by on 28 December 2007 in Linux & Free Software

The Ubuntu Training Team has just released the much-awaited Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course. The course has two versions (the instructor guide and the student guide) and contains 10 lessons which can be covered in a period of two full days. The guides are available in PDF format and they are released under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA [...]

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Vatican Officials Support the “One Laptop Per Child” Initiative

by on 31 October 2007 in Linux & Free Software, Pope & The Vatican

Some Vatican officials and members of influential religious orders are reported to have expressed support for the “One Laptop Per Child” (OLPC) project. The goal of the OLPC is to develop low-cost laptops so that children around the world are given new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves. The OLPC laptop runs the Linux [...]

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Be Liberated By Linux. Dismiss Windows

by on 17 October 2007 in Linux & Free Software

There are many websites that offer comparisons of Linux and Windows. I think the most objective is this wikipedia entry. But if you do not like long explanations, I think Get GNU Linux is the best place for you to start knowing why you should install Linux and ditch Windows. The main reason why Linux [...]

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I Now Recommend PCLinuxOS & DreamLinux

by on 25 September 2007 in Linux & Free Software

This does not mean that I now dislike the other distros I have fallen in love with. My desktop computer runs Ubuntu Feisty and my laptop runs Fedora 7. The desktop in my office will soon run Sabayon. Two weeks ago I facilitated a five-day workshop on Linux. The principal goal of the workshop was [...]

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