free software

As I have stated in the past, I have no problem with a non-profit or for-profit group doing what they wish with software so long as they are not belittling those that they compete with. Sadly, Microsoft never got the memo. Despite recent changes to how Microsoft approaches Linux based projects, in the end it [...]

While folks such as myself prefer using desktop Linux, others find that they would rather stick with Windows for whatever reasons they have. But many of these Windows users might be candidates for using open source apps designed to run on Windows.
One way of doing this is to use what is called the OpenDisc. Formally [...]

The catastrophic cratering of the global economy, falling gas prices, and President George W. Bush’s recent executive activities have indirectly prompted Saint Paul gadfly software developers CodeWeavers, Inc., to provide free software for every American on October 28, company officials reluctantly announced today.
In July, CodeWeavers — whose software lets Mac OS X and Linux users [...]