In 2008, I wrote the popular post “Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications” /top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/ As of today, it has been viewed over 1.8 million times. Still, one of the more common questions I get asked by new Linux … Continue reading
Erica from Canada asks: “… I’m using Ubuntu 9.04… the “Check for Updates” in Firefox is grayed out and apt-get does not upgrade Firefox… I’m stuck at 3.0.18, how can I get upgraded?…” This is an issue, I’ve encountered before. … Continue reading
Ruud emailed asking, “How do I install Chrome and Google Earth? I’ve tried using apt-get, but the packages are not found. I am using Ubuntu 8.04” For Ubuntu 8.04 users, please try the instructions below. (I’m not in front of … Continue reading
As someone whose business also provides web development and graphic design, among other services, it was a real treat to bump into this font management gem (a few hours ago) “Fonty Python“. As the name implies, it’s a python based … Continue reading
I recently read a Digg post “10 Free Apps that Turn your Ubuntu into a Video Studio” and it annoyed the heck out of me! Maybe I’m being too critical, but I don’t see 10 top video applications in Linux … Continue reading
Recently I posted “Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux” and received a few messages asking what other tools I use. To save me time with answering email messages that essentially contain the same … Continue reading
For those of you who follow my other blog, you’ll know that my last Windows PC had a major failure again. You can read some of the specifics in the “When Disaster Strikes – Again” post. At that point I … Continue reading
A question from John.P in Texas: “…About the poll called “Are you considering a switch from Windows to Linux?” I see that almost 47% of visitors say “Yes” (so did I). I am an XP user and was wondering if … Continue reading
The following is a list of about 100 of the best OpenSource Applications, that actually help make Linux more usable for people. It is my hope that this list shows potential Linux users that there really is a large, effective, productive and usable range of free, OpenSource applications. For existing Linux users (like myself), I think this will provide a great resource in finding applications that may better suit your needs, or just for fun! Needless to say, this is just some of the thousands of applications available! I develop web sites, so this list tends to focus on applications which support that type of work. Continue reading