Sunday, January 14, 2007
Utilties for Linux/Unix
Rich Burridge has post on his blog entitled "I Want A Freeware Utility To..."
I am not crazy about the title of post. When I hear Freeware a shiver goes up my spine, I had a lot of bad luck with Freeware back in the DOS 6 and Windows 3.1 days. The software turned out to be more trouble for the price. Today, I am interested in open source and have had a lot of good luck with open source software. After scanning the list, it appears Rich is using the term Freeware in the sense of free software.
I have used a few of the utilities on Rich's list with good results. I will have to keep an eye on the list to see how it grows and changes.
I am not crazy about the title of post. When I hear Freeware a shiver goes up my spine, I had a lot of bad luck with Freeware back in the DOS 6 and Windows 3.1 days. The software turned out to be more trouble for the price. Today, I am interested in open source and have had a lot of good luck with open source software. After scanning the list, it appears Rich is using the term Freeware in the sense of free software.
I have used a few of the utilities on Rich's list with good results. I will have to keep an eye on the list to see how it grows and changes.
