Openmoko has started shipping its Neo FreeRunner Linux phone to distributors. The Openmoko stack allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. The open license allows developers and anyone to install their choice of the software on the handset and customize the phone to any extent.
The Neo FreeRunner is a linux [...]
I was searching for flash charts on Google for a personal project of mine wherein I wanted to use the existing data from the database tables to draw neat charts in flash and found a very nice open source dynamic flash chart component. I thought it would be nice to share it with you all, [...]
Paint.Net was initially an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft and is currently maintained by a group of professional who had initially started it.
Development of this tool was started to replace the MS Paint software that’s built in Windows, but grown to become very powerful than MS Paint. Newbies who can not [...]
Disk encryption softwares have been available since quite long, but their usage has increased since last few years. Using an open-source software such as [TrueCrypt] saves a lot on your pocket and even does an on-the-fly encryption of your disk volumes.
The main features of this software are:
On-the-fly encryption [data is automatically encrypted and decrypted]
Entire filesystem/disk [...]
By the time you finish reading this article, you will realize some of the many benefits of using Open Source software, how it dramatically lowers your investments by reducing the cost associated with licensed software and its support.
We will look at existing uses of licensed software and how Open Source software can replace them while [...]