At the next FOSS-SIG meeting:We regrouped after the holidays to explore how we might use even more free and open source software in place to expensive alternatives.January FOSS Links:
- The “Physical” Size of the Internet (Infographic)
- Help Make The World Better With These Amazing Distributed Computing Projects An article about donating your CPU time to science
- Choosing BOINC projects
- Using Wget With FTP To Download/Move Web Sites Recursively Using Wget With FTP To Download/Move Web Sites Recursively
- Proprietary Browser vs. Open Source Browser [Market Share Analysis] With time open source software have emerged as potential contenders to proprietary software.
- The Island of Lost Apple Products | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
- Saying Goodbye: 5 Alternatives To The Optical Disc
- Why I Use Generic Computers and Open Source Software The Future of Computing with news on desktop, server, mobile, and specialty operating systems.
- Open source gift guide | opensource.com Explore this list of open source gadgets for holiday gift ideas. Which ones did you get this year?
- 10 Tech Gifts Anyone Will Love
- Haiku OS: A New Kind of Operating System Haiku OS: it is not a Unix or Linux based
- Another Apple Patent Gets Smacked Down, And Its ‘Thermonuclear War’ Becomes Even More Of A Farce Apple’s nutso legal jihad is melting down.
- Open Source Software: The Mega List A jaw-dropping 1,000+ open source software tools. Open source software for, well, everything: Desktop, security, multimedia, small businesses, enterprises, education….
Do you have a topic of interest? Please email stu@fosssig.com
As always, bring your FOSS related questions or issues and we’ll try to help you resolve them.