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Free Software Fanatics

Over at Desktop Linux Reviews, I recently wrote a review of Mandriva Linux 2010. For the review I picked the “free” version of Mandriva Linux, which meant it had no proprietary applications or codecs installed.
In the review, I wrote this:
For this review I picked the Mandriva Linux 2010 (Free) version. This version contains 100% free [...]

Should You Download and Install Free Linux Office Applications?

Linux has always gotten a bad rap when it comes to productivity applications. Time and time again naysayers have complained that “Linux is a fine OS but what good is it if I can’t run Microsoft Office?”
Well fret no more. Apps on Linux have finally arrived! There’s been a slew of recent version 1.0 or [...]