Friday Evening Update
Good Evening Readers; I hope you all have had a great week.
I just found this excellent article courtesy of the digg effect. In it are "The Top 50 Proprietary Programs" and 50 open source alternatives.
I love having alternatives in anything in life. Especially when it comes to computer applications. For example, I'm one of the many who absolutely despise AIM 6.0. It's clunky, unattractive, eats my memory, loaded with advertisements, and has too much unnecessary functionality (sound producing icons and shiny avatars called "weepeople"). To counter these hindrances I've been using an outdated version of AIM. Until today, when I discovered pidgin. It's simple, clean, and ad-free.
I recommend you guys take a look at the article. I LOVE PIDGIN.
I just found this excellent article courtesy of the digg effect. In it are "The Top 50 Proprietary Programs" and 50 open source alternatives.
I love having alternatives in anything in life. Especially when it comes to computer applications. For example, I'm one of the many who absolutely despise AIM 6.0. It's clunky, unattractive, eats my memory, loaded with advertisements, and has too much unnecessary functionality (sound producing icons and shiny avatars called "weepeople"). To counter these hindrances I've been using an outdated version of AIM. Until today, when I discovered pidgin. It's simple, clean, and ad-free.
I recommend you guys take a look at the article. I LOVE PIDGIN.
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I admit I also am always on the prow for alternatives. I am an avid Linux user, and I have found these substitutes over time. I have been using Linux for about 5 years now, OpenOffice for the past 4, Pidgin since it was alpha, and many many others. If you have any questions about Linux (Ubuntu) or any other programs you are trying to find an open source alternative, just ask me, I am sure I will have an answer for you. Also do you ever get annoyed with Adobe Readers sluggishness? If you are using Windows I prefer Foxit Reader, or SumatraPDF. These programs are much faster and easier.