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#1 OFFLINE   rridgely

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 08:18 PM

Ah here is a cool site. :)
It will help you find open source alternatives to tons of commercial programs.

http://www.osalt.com/

#2 OFFLINE   TeeJay3800

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 10:06 PM

Awesome site! I just wish there was more Windows software...
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 11:28 AM

That's one disadvantage of being a Windows user is that many of the open source applications I've always wanted to use are for Linux.
Complexity of incoherent design.

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Posted 17 March 2007 - 02:44 PM

View PostAndavari, on Mar 10 2007, 07:28 AM, said:

That's one disadvantage of being a Windows user is that many of the open source applications I've always wanted to use are for Linux.
You can get the same things for windows, you just have to pay for them.
That is one of the major differences between MS & Linux. MS is a money machine, Linux is a brains machine.