Why buy an Open PC?

NEWS ON OPEN SOURCE TODAY..

Good Reasons To Buy an Open-PC

For many small business users, all the rational arguments for using open source software like Linux make a great deal of sense: It's free, customizable, compatible, and it's free of vendor lock-in, to name just a few.

Can Media Portal Replace Windows Media Center??

Yes its the next Open Source Solution for all 

MEDIA PORTAL 

everything else is just a media center

MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multi media center, or Home Theater PC (HTPC).

Using MediaPortal, you can listen to your favorite music and radio; watch your videos and DVDs; or view, schedule and record live TV, much like a digital video recorder such as TiVo, but better. And that's only the basic features!

Features:

• Listen to music and radio
• Play videos, movies and DVDs 
• View pictures or create a slideshow 
• Watch, schedule and record live TV - like a TiVo, but more, and for free! 
• Stream media, radio and TV to any HTPC / PC connected to your network 
• Use a remote to control your HTPC from your couch
• Check weather, news, or information on the web, even play games!

Lets move with some cool screen shots.

Watch the Play Promo Video here:

Wanna Try it Out??? Yes its here my dear friends
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediaportal/files/MediaPortal%20Setup/MediaPortal%201.1.3/MediaPortalSetup_1.1.3.exe/download

 

An Open Source AntiVirus Protection ..

Here Introducing an Absolutely Free Anti Virus Application to keep your PC Virus Free!!!!
Nowadays What the most of Anti Virus Software Producers like AVG, Avast, Avira and so on do is that, Launch a Version which is free with less security and launch their commercial version adding more security and options after that. This is a business trick that the all of Anti virus companies do.You all readers must know that and some may already aware of that. just be free from those trackers and be familiar with Open Source Anti Virus Protections.. yes its absolutely.. No Trial Versions No business Tricks..

yes its clamwin open source anti virus protection for all of you...
lets check it out how is it..
ClamWin Free Anti-virus is used by more than 600,000 users worldwide on a daily basis. It comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge.
its Features,

• High detection rates for viruses and spy-ware.
• Scanning Scheduler.
• Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
• Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer.
• Adding to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

yes no doubt, you thought of trying this open source anti-virus as I do..
 Download it directly from here: http://www.clamwin.com/content/view/18/46/ 

Introducing The Latest Version of Firefox... Firefox 4

Hello World of Open Source!

As everybody knows...Firfox is an open source Marvelous Web Browser to Surf the Internet Quickly & Securely with lots of plug ins to get done thousands of  work like video downloading, Screen printing of full web pages, ad blocking and lot more (I will come with some of the very useful and  handy plug ins of firefox later on). firefox has now introduced the beta version firefox 4.0 to try it out for the people of Open source and all of you.

Mozilla Firefox

Your web, the way you like it:

• High performance
• Easy customization
• Advanced security

 
Your web, the way you like it
The Firefox browser is created by Mozilla, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web. 

Download it here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/?WT.mc_id=ba3612&WT.mc_ev=click

Looking Alternatives for Microsoft Office Package?

Here is the open source solution for that question too...
OPEN OFFICE - THE FREE AND OPEN PRODUCTIVITY SUITE...

Put a full-stop for microsoft Office package. now you can get done everything you do with it by using this cool package OPEN OFFICE. still think of buying MS OFFICE for $499.99(Professional 2010)? does it really worth spending such amount? try this before it, you will get your mind changed.lets have a look through this peckage....


OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing,spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.


this package consists of Writer(MS Word), Calc(MS Excel), Impress(MS PowerPoint),Base(MS Access) and Draw(MS Paint)to do your all needs.
lets take one by one,


Writer

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Calc

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Impress

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Base

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Draw

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Later lets meet with some more about open office and lessons using it

Download Here:

http://download.openoffice.org/

OpenSolaris - Operating System

OpenSolaris is Sun’s attempt at opening it’s traditionally closed but highly successful Solaris OS.It is licensed under Sun’s CDDL. It is available as a LiveCD , a USB Distro as well as installable DVD variant for the Sparc as well as x86 family of processors. Built on the GNOME desktop environment, it also comes with other cool open source software from Sun’s foundries like the venerable ZFS file system for Data Centers.

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Download here:


 http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/downloads

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Introduction to the Open Source World..

An open-source software (OSS) is a computer software for which the source code and certain other rights served for free of charge.nowadays open source softwares are more popular then earlier and todays generation looking for the software that really useful them and for free of charge. Another advantage of using open source software is that the source code which used to make the software is provided along with it. Then anyone can develop the software using it.

                            
History of Open source...


Long before the term “Open Source” was used, software was developed by loose associations of programmers and freely exchanged. Starting in the early 1950's, organizations such as SHARE and DECUS developed much of the software that computer hardware companies bundled with their hardware offerings. At that time computer companies were in the hardware business; anything that reduced software cost and made more programs available made the hardware companies more competitive.

This model changed in the 1960's. In 1965 ADR developed the first licensed software product independent of a hardware company. ADR was competing against a free IBM package originally developed by IBM customers. ADR patented their software in 1968. To stop sharing of their program, they provided it under an equipment lease in which payment was spread over the lifetime of the product. ADR thus retained ownership and could control resale and reuse.
In 1969 the US Department of Justice charged IBM with destroying businesses by bundling free software with IBM hardware. As a result of this suit, IBM unbundled its software; that is, software became independent products separate from hardware.
In 1968 Informatics introduced the first commercial killer-app and rapidly established the concept of the software product, the software company, and very high rates of return. Informatics developed the perpetual license which is now standard throughout the computer industry, wherein ownership is never transferred to the customer.