http://www.itfreedom.co.uk Open source for real people Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:09:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Business Edge, Volume 4, No. 8 Linux and other open source applications are finding increasing acceptance in the global marketplace in small and large companies alike. Statistics on the growth of a few open source programs—like Apache, a web server; Linux, an operating system; FreeBSD, an operating system; and ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/149 Most people know Launchy as a simple and lightning-fast application launcher for Windows, but it's actually capable of much more than that. Using Launchy, you can append text to files, schedule appointments, add to your to-do list, set reminders, and more—it just takes a little setting up. Today I'll detail ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/148 The Studio to Go! software series provides a complete introduction to the amazing world of Linux Audio and features a integrated audio and compositional environment on a single bootable disk. The new 2.0 release includes many usability improvements that add up to make this the most complete and best-integrated release ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/147 We provide a wide variety of services that are mostly accessed with a web browser. People visit Google from a large number of browsers and platforms; in addition, we also understand that every user is special and may have special needs. Accessibility at Google is about making sure that our ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/146 One aspect of Web 2.0 that continues to entertain is the strange, sometimes awful, names that startups come up with to promote themselves. Some of them turn out to be successful - e.g. del.icio.us - but others prove to be ineffective. Some web 2.0 names have been compared to Star ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/145 I was very saddened to read of the end of free email from Postmaster. It was my first ever personal email address from when I was at University. The web adverts were just not enough to keep it going, so the only option is to pay £15 a year. In ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/144 Featured Linux Download: Speed up your Linux box with a thumb drive - Lifehacker SwapBoost is a surprisingly short bash script that increases your virtual memory by the amount of free space on the USB drive. SwapBoost isn't identical to ReadyBoost since ReadyBoost does more than just turn a USB drive ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/143 Well, overjoyed with my Bubba server's web hosting capabilities I've decided to set it up for testing the various CMS systems I've had my eye on (joomla, CMSimple and Wordpress I'm already using elsewhere, MoveableType and Drupal are on the todo list) as well as trying out some templates for ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/142 The most radical change for me when I first started Linux was that I did not know where to look for files. The same thing probably happened when I started using Windows but that was so long ago it is hard to remember! If this has happened to you, then this ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/141 , or Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Microsoft released its core fonts on a fairly open licence so there is nothing to stop you from installing them, no matter which operating system you use. More explanation from Lifehacker.... A user of the Linux Mint forum demonstrates the two-step process of ... http://www.itfreedom.co.uk/archives/140