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If you are up to some programming and/or OS exploration this season, make sure you take a look at this site, home for Cygwin, a set of tools which allow Windows to resemble the Unix interface and general performance; reading a bit into the release notes and general specs will let you understand that it works as an emulator, which in turn means that it’s not designed to run windows apps as if it were in unix, nor viceversa unless you rewrite the app from source; the aim of the project, it seems, is to allow people working with windows to have access to open-source projects like BASH or tcsh s...  read more
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Need free software? Sick of finding virus infected software online? NonGnu.com, also called Savannah, is a website that provides free software for its members. The software can be obtained for free when you become a member on the home page. The free software runs on free operating systems and can be used by anyone needing it. When logged in, you can obtain access to the users/members forum, where you can request help with your software; see the most popular items online, and register for a new Savannah project. If you have a project that you want to add as part of the GNU project, you must req... read more
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Media platform Elisa demonstrates that GNU and open source are eminently cool and cutely named. While you’ve got a host of full blown media centers for your Macs and Windows, Linux hasn’t got quite the breadth and reach. Elisa is universal—she’s non partial to platforms, and was built to be easy. She can run on desktops, game consoles and PDA’s. She’s compatible with iTunes, Zune, Windows Media Player, X-box and more. Basically, she’ll play all your media—DVDs, videos, music, Youtube, Flickr, radio-- without any fuss. Soon to come: TV viewing, integration with Intel’s ... read more
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