Items discussed and demoed at our January 29th FOSS-SIG meeting:

Great January giveaways: 

• 20 Free Unbuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition CD’s (the latest Ubuntu version, direct from Canonical). These discs include Wubi to safely try Ubuntu on XP and Vista computers.
• One copy of RedHat Enterprise Linux ES (server). Priceless!
• Book – Open SUSE Unleased (with version 10.3 DVD). $50 list price.
• Book – Linux Firewalls. $50 list price.
• Book – Fedora 7 & RedHat Enterprise Linux. $60 list price.

 

Open Office Suite 3.0.x Now Windows, Mac and Linux users all use one updated no-cost replacement for MS Office.

• CD BurnerXP
  A winner from our back burner.
• SmartDefrag
  A free Windows defragmenter that really works!
• A new logo, a new Wubi, an update from October.
  News of my ongoing Ubuntu Laptop project.(I’m now leaning toward Linux Mint ).

Operating System News:

• Judge Dismisses Computer Maker’s Claims Apple Is A Monopoly
• Software Piracy Hurts Open Source Also!
• Estimated design time & costs for various FOSS software (if we really paid)
• ReactOS — Open Source Windows
• Shuttleworth: Windows 7 To Be a “Great Product”