Open Source Software

[Sandy45]

I thought I would share my feeling about open source software. I have a passion to work with open source free software, specially I am always curious about the open source software. I have been thinking to see how they work and how to modify them to make my own and become a part of open source community to list my name as a useful programmer.

For beginners: I would suggest to start with one that you would like to work on. There are many websites that list the open source software. For example, a number of open source software such as antivirus, video, audio, editors, and so on are available at osslinks.com

Sandy

[ckaihatsu]

You may want to see what already exists out there before doing anything from scratch -- it's the same as with any other endeavor, where it helps to do your research first.

I'll note for the record that one version of Linux in particular is *very* resourceful for the end user, since it streamlines the ordinary administrative tasks that go with various types of server setups. Once set up on a secondary computer you can access all of the server's functions from your usual main computer (laptop) via a standard web interface.

I set up a music jukebox by adding a few additional software components, using TurnKey Linux, and I like it a lot:


Make your spare computer work for you as a music jukebox

http://www.revleft.com/vb/make-your-spare-t169222/index.html


File Server Appliance - Simple Network Attached Storage

http://www.turnkeylinux.org/fileserver

http://www.turnkeylinux.org/download...-lucid-x86.iso