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- Vaeduus, on 10/14/2007, -0/+24The ***** is GNOME doing under distros?
- steffl, on 10/14/2007, -0/+10That's just a list of random Software projects. Since when is Skype Open-Source?!!
- NtrmDscrptr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Why is Subversion under "Imaging and Design"?
Have I been using svn wrong, all these years? - PRlME, on 10/14/2007, -0/+6alot of good programs are left out of this list
- PRlME, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4yes this list blowz, their have been way better lists on digg before.
- 47f0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Some small points: 1) Yahoo! does NOT run Linux - at least as their main platform - last time I looked they were powered by FreeBSD. The rest of the list is just...odd. Like gnome listed as a desktop distribution - a desktop, ok, but a distribution? Not to my knowledge.
And I'm not sure it's entirely cool putting apps like Skype in an open source article - free, yes, open - far from it. - acidity, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Exactly my thought when I was reading the article. Stopped when I reached that sentence in the article...
- gabn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3horrible list...
automatrix ? GNOME ? svn in the wrong place skype ?!
how did this get so many diggs... - DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's an average list. Very predictable as the same apps have been mentioned many times in the past. There are also a lot of apps that are missing.
I await the day a list comes out on Digg with band new apps that I have never heard of. - PRlME, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2^he must be new to digg
- darkvad0r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And categories seem almost random
It's just some lame blogspam - schoate09, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3This list is so horribly constructed, I think I just threw up a little bit
- manicallday, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This list isn't very complete. I personally use a combination of web/ linux applications to run my businesses. If anyone has any suggestions on any improvements please comment.
1. Kumula: This is a linux application that I found on KDE-apps.com. Although it hasn't been in development in awhile, there's really not much to improve. This software is also saving me a bundle since it already has legal module.
2. http://www.startupbusinessschool.com: This is an good website that really helps you walk through the steps of starting a business.
3. Egroupware: It's can be a pain in the ass at times to get running, but once it's up it just works. When I did use this it worked well and it allowed me to sync my phone with my local server without a problem. Now I just rely on Google calendar with various Thunderbird/ lightning add-ons.
4. Google Calendar
5. Goosync: to sync the Google calendar with my phone.
6. Provider: This syncs my Thunderbird with my Google calendar both ways.
6. Remember The Milk.
7. Wengophone: I prefer this over the mentioned Ekiga. The voice quality is much better.
8. Grandcentral: I use this as my incoming phone numbers and just buy cheap outgoing minutes from various providers.
9. Lynx: I use this if I have a legal memo to type out. The end product just looks better than anything that I would produce with Openoffice or Abiword.
Also here's a large list of various web applications that was posted on Digg awhile ago:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/09/online-business/
And a much better list of open source applications:
http://mashable.com/2007/09/23/open-source/ - Myztry, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2That list is all over the place, though I agree with the intent.
I think linux isn't quite ready for small business, due to propriety irreplaceable applications, and the lack of means to do much about it.
But any business system designer for a Corporate that isn't heading quickly into Open Source, and the surrounding Linux environment needs to be fired. Like yesterday.
The ability to customize a platform is a ridiculously powerful ability. And any company that wants to be a generic 'another runner' isn't worth having around.
Propriety commercial software is the 'lowest common denominator'. Generic tools that just 'get the job done - sort of'
Pick a Commercially supported distribution. Get a team that makes your system tools unique. And show the competiton how it should be done.
Be a Google. - DangerCollie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Some of those are not applications and many are beyond the technical skill level of a lot of business users. MySQL is easy if you know SQL but it would be difficult for someone used to Access.
- TheGentleman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Why doesn't someone write a blog post about how they actually are using open source software in their business today. What the benefits are, what the problems were, how they adjusted the software and how they contributed to the community. THAT would be an interesting read.
As for now, I will bury all top 10 (or whatever) lists as lame. - coolwalking, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2It would seem so. Just check out this awesome image I drew:
Index: apps/plugins/properties.c
===================================================================
--- apps/plugins/properties.c (revision 14990)
+++ apps/plugins/properties.c (working copy)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static bool file_properties(char* select
#if (CONFIG_CODEC == SWCODEC)
int fd = rb->open(selected_file, O_RDONLY);
if (fd >= 0 &&
- rb->get_metadata(&id3, fd, selected_file))
+ rb->get_metadata(&id3, fd, selected_file, false))
#else
if (!rb->mp3info(&id3, selected_file))
#endif - steffl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wondered too.
The guy even removed my comment in which I mentioned all this kindly (+ few other things). The comments is removed and nothing fixed. Kind of strange. The article certainly doesn't deserve all this attention, even if I am a Linux freak... - lccoach, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0Great tips to to get the most out of free software you probably don't know about! Check it out.
- inactive, on 10/14/2007, -6/+1Great find buddy, thanks!
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