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Entries for the ‘Open Source’ Category

Premature Reviews — Songbird

One of the coolest things about the internet is finding new, fun programs to play around with. Today’s program is called Songbird, a music player setting itself up to be an open source alternative to iTunes.

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OSS Thanksgiving

Thank you free and open source software.

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Live DVD Server Distro (Frickin’ Awesome, Man)

Previously, I went over how to set up an open source DVD Server. Well, not a day after I finished that article did I discover an excellent piece of software that allows you to build a custom Linux distribution out of your current setup.
Well, once again, thanks to my good buddy Tommy for letting me [...]

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Open Source DVD Server Run-down

So, I’ve talked about this DVD Server a few times online, and in real life a bunch. I figure it’s high time I lay out how it’s done.
The system I’m going to outline is built on entirely free software. Given a spare computer with decent specs, albeit a pretty huge hard drive, you could put [...]

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The System Is Up

I’ve finally collected all the necessary software to put the finishing touches on my custom-built DVD Server. The hardware is still up in the air, but fortunately, I have a friend with the necessary hardware who has been acting as my guinea pig for the perfect, completed system.
But of course, this begs the question, what [...]

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