The geekprints remain all-too evident on open-source interfaces.
MICROSOFT is about to drop Windows 8 on us and Apple has an operating system update coming soon. They will cost money. And do we need them? What if you could get all the photo-editing and other essential software absolutely free? Well, good news - you can.
Linux, the open-source operating system, has come of age. Not so long ago it was too geekily intimidating for the average mortal to even consider as an alternative to the big two, but the latest versions are not much harder to use than Windows or OS X.
We have Ubuntu (ubuntu.com /download) installed on our Linux machine and with a little tweaking of the interface we have made it look just like Mac OS X Lion, right down to the dock at the bottom of the screen.
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