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Why spend money on software when you can get all this for free!

Why download software illegally when there is plenty of open source software just waiting for you to discover it!

This is a demonstration of the software i use on a daily basis without having to pay for it. To counteract the opinion that Linux is difficult to use, i show how easy it is: i have everything i need.

I use Debian Linux with the Gnome interface and Beryl for cute visual effects and the cube of virtual desktops.

Some useful links:
Debian Linux:
Gnome:
Beryl:

Firefox:
Epiphany:
Evolution:

OpenOffice:
GnuCash:
The GIMP:

Aptana RadRails:
Skype:
Songbird:

VMware:
IEs 4 Linux:
Wine:

Software for Linux is reliable, easy to use, enjoyable, legal, and free. Enjoy it! If you do need to run any Windows software, you can always run it using Wine, or use VMware to run Windows inside a virtual machine. You can also dual-boot your computer so you have a choice when you start up, whether you want to load Windows or Linux.

NB. I am not sure whether all the software in this demonstration is open source, but it is definitely all available at no cost. I am willing to help anyone who wants to get started using Linux.

Please also feel free to visit my blog:

Thanks!

Channel: Education
Uploaded: January 28, 2008 at 8:48 am
Author: sermoa

Length: 00:03:45
Rating: 4.71
Views: 4234

Tags: computer linux debian gnome beryl firefox iceweasel epiphany evolution openoffice gnucash gimp radrails skype songbird

Video Comments:
Doomguard123456 (October 19, 2008 at 10:01 am)
lonely? horny? hit me up!! n
Ewansud (June 19, 2008 at 9:03 am)
Did gave ubuntu a try. then I realized I have to relearn everything and I have a bunch of files I can't use w/ it. It was really scary when I uninstalled it and Windows would not boot up! Thank god I had access to another computer to use to fix it.
musahersi (June 6, 2008 at 8:01 pm)
nice video, keep it up
Laoch111 (April 27, 2008 at 11:59 pm)
great video.
open source is far superior to non open source.
samphilomath (April 4, 2008 at 7:50 am)
Open Source are awesome
imacf90 (April 1, 2008 at 1:45 am)
i could never swtich fully to linux, windows is like second nature to me. i click on things without even knowing i do it and at the same time do what i wanted to do earlyer, i know its weird :P im getting ubuntu for another computer lying around the house to mess around with
Sigkim (March 24, 2008 at 1:32 pm)
Same here sermoa:) My main game plaing pc took a dump a couple of years ago so I resurected my little pentium III with Fedora>Mepis>now running Debian. I have a few hard drives with other distros but Debian is my main man. Very nice desktop btw,clean and to the point,well done.
Thanks for your video!(checking out songbird now..thanks for the tip)

Sig(widget monkey)
WoWRSVids (March 2, 2008 at 9:22 pm)
nice you got gimg
vulgoremetal (February 1, 2008 at 8:47 am)
If you want to learn more about Unix/Linux, take a look at my videos. (Basic Unix/Linux Commands)
Sigkim (March 24, 2008 at 1:20 pm)
Vulgoremetal's tutorials are indeed excellent. I am now very comfortable using the command line for going thru files because of his tutorials so check them out folks:)

Sig