Following some of the points made on my post about Kubuntu and Linux yesterday, I’ve been wondering a bit more about free software and how it might help people make the most of their equipment.
After all, software is expensive stuff. One of the great things about Kubuntu is that if I want a piece of software to a job, say editing graphics, all I have to do is call up the application manager, type in ‘graphics’ and it comes up with a list of applications I can download and use straight away.
Things aren’t quite so easy with the Mac, of course, but at least that comes preloaded with the iLife suite, which means you can pretty much get on with most things out of the box.
Poor old Windows users are of course left behind in this. They don’t have any decent software pre-installed, by and large, and nor do they have access to a great open source application manager like Kubuntu comes with.
Having said that, an awful lot of the best open source apps are availabl...
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I promise…Post Date: 2008-03-04 13:20:00
…not to write another blog post about blogging for a while.
I do need another area of obsession though. Wikis? Social networks?
Any other suggestions?
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It’s Not Just the BlogPost Date: 2008-03-04 13:03:12
As part of some notes I have been putting together for getting started with blogging, I’ve written about some of the other services that it might be a good idea to register with, in addition to your blog:
No blog exists within a vacuum, and if you to get the most out of yours, you need to be engaging with other online social services too.
1. Flickr
Flickr is a photo hosting and sharing site. What that means is that you can upload photos onto the web, and embed them into your blog posts wit...
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