GNU

Once again, i'll be talking about another free source initiative. It was developed by the FSF (Free Software Foundation) with the idea of creating a free softwear that can be modified and redistributed freely.
This big project was first started by Richard Stallman in the Masachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983.

Links

Download GNU here!!! - http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/download.html

GNU official website!! - http://www.gnu.org/

LINUX

Unix-like computer operating systems are generaly named Linux. Linux is the most used Free-operating system. It is distributed free, just the same all open source programs are. Linux also includes some supporting softwear required like, the X Window System, the Apache web server, and the Gnome. Some very common applications used with linux are, Mozilla Firefox, and OpenOffice application





Links

Download Linux at the Linux official web page!!!!!!!! - http://iso.linuxquestions.org/

GIMP

Gimp is a free software graphics editor and it is used as an image retouching tool. With it you can crop, resize, and edit all your photos. You can also convert your photos into many different digital image photos. Another feature that Gimp has is the possibility of creating animated gifts! Just as Adobe Photoshop, Gimp has all type of options such as layers, masks, plug-ins and a lot more features.

Gimp is free, so it is a little limited, it is suiteable for amateur photo editors, and it everything you do by Gimp is intended to be printed by inkjet printers.

Links

Download Gimp!!! - http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Gimp official website! - http://www.gimp.org/

SCRIBUS

One more time i will be talking about another open source application. This time I will talk about Scribus. Scribus in an open source application, it is a desktop publishing application. It has a wide range of features compared to the non-free programs like Page-Maker, Some of it's many features are scalable vector graphics, CMYK color and ICC color managment. This program is available for Mac, Windows, and Mac.





Links

Download Scribus here - http://www.scribus.net/?q=downloads

Scribus official website - http://www.scribus.net/

APPLE IPAD

Apple recently released the new IPad, suposely it is the best way to experience the web, email, photos and video. The first time i saw it I thought "Buff, it's just an ITouch but a lot bigger" but I was wrong, it can do a lot more!

The IPad also let's you read books and newspapers in the way they were desighned, passing page by page one at a time. Another feature, is how to see your photos,, they are displayed in one stack, and with touching the screen once, you open the albums. You can also work with IWork from your IPad. But I think that the most inovating feature is the IBook application, with this application you can purchase books from the ITunes store, and display them on your "bookshelf".

I won't buy the IPad, primarly because of it's price, and because i wouldn't use it to much, but i do recomend it to any die hard Apple fan, or to anyone who is wondering what tablet computer, the IPad is a really good choice.

Links

Buy the IPad here - http://store.apple.com/es?afid=p202|GOESE109197181&cid=OAS-EMEA-KWG-ES_Top_KW_Exact-ES

Apple official website - http://www.apple.com/

APACHE

Apache is an open source Web Server softwear. In 2009 Apache became the first web server with more than 10 million users. It is available for Unix, Windows, TPF, Mac, and a few more operating systems. One of the best features Apache has is the Virtual Hosting. What this feature allows you to do is to serve many different web pages from one apache instalation, this is commonly used in dynamic and static web pages.


Links
Here you can download apache!! - http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
Official apache website!! - http://www.apache.org/

Audacity

Audacity is a free audio editor softwear. It is part of the OpenSource Iniciative, and it is availabel for Mac., Windows, Lynux, and BSD.

With this program you can mix tracks, add different effects, you can even change the tracks pitch without changing the tracks speed. However, audacity doesn't include equalizer controls and sometimes you have to use plug-ins for some features.

I personally think it is great, i didn't know that a program like this one could be downloaded free, until I was asked to wright about it, so if you are looking for a simple audio editor softwear, Audacity is what your looking for, check it out, it's free!

Links

Here I downloaded Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

GOOGLE WAVE

Google Wave is an online software application of Google that works as a personal communications tool. It is a web-based service program. It is designed so that it is used for e-mail, instant messages and social networking. It also includes translation to 40 different languages, spelling check and a couple more features (a lot!!). Google Wave is that it is constantly refreshed, so everything that appears there is appearing in real time!!!!

OPEN OFFICE.ORG

OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OpenOffice, it's an open source software application available for a number of different computer operating systems. It is distributed as a free softwear and it uses its own GUI toolkit. Since November 2009^[update], OpenOffice works with over 110 languages.

OpenOffice.org was derived from StartOffice, it was developed by Star Division in August 1999. It was released in July 2000 with the aim of reducing the dominant market of Microsoft Office by providing a free and open alternative; later versions of StarOffice are based upon OpenOffice.org with additional proprietary components. The OpenOffice.org project is sponsored by Oracle Corporation .

I personally think it is a bit weak. I preffer using Microsoft Office, even though I get really mad every time I think of it's excesive price. So, until OpenOffice is a bit stronger and a little more comfortable to use, I'm going to be stuck with "good" old expensive Microsoft Office.

Here are some links.

Download OpenOffice here!! - http://www.descarga-office.com/

OpenOffice official website - http://es.openoffice.org/

Microsoft Office official website - http://office.microsoft.com/es-es/default.aspx

Microsoft official website - http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx

OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE

Open Source Initiative is an organization dedicated to promoting an open source softwear.

The organization begun in February 1998, when it was founded by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond. Eric S. Rymond was the president of OSI until Febuary 2005, when Michael Tiemann became president. Tiemann is the current president.

The movement began in 1998 by Jon Hall, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, and Bruce Perens.

The founders were unsatisfied with the softwears that were beeing sold at excessive prices, so they begun the "free software" movement. They hoped that open source would become a more persuasive argument to businesses. Raymond's commented "If you want to change the world, you have to co-opt the people who write the big checks."

The beginning of the open-source movement coincided with the dot-com boom in 1998─2000, and grew popular with Linux and the formation of many open-source companies. The movement was also caught by the mainstream software industry, some software companies such as Corel, Sun Microsystems, and even IBM started offering establishing open source in their computers.

The organization was suspended from operation as a California Corporation in 2009, and now has a current status of "active".

Here are some links.

Open Source Official website - http://www.opensource.org/