What sets me apart from a lot of computer users is my experience in the publishing business, so I decided to start my first weblog. Although that experience was in layout, editing and proofreading, this is my first time writing for the public. But that experience also gave me a lot of exposure to the tools of the trade. Remember Xerox’s Ventura Publisher? Remember when RTF files were the standard format for document exchange, and serious writers only used WordPerfect or WordStar? There’s even a continuing education credit on my resumé for learning to write macros in WordPerfect. Since then I’ve also learned and used InDesign, PageMaker, FrameMaker, PhotoShop, Microsoft Office and more.
Here I offer opinions and reviews on free software that I actually use now, with my emphasis on free software available under the GNU public license, Mozilla, AFPL, etc. With these tools, anyone can configure their own computing platform at little cost, customized any way they would like. There are links to these software resources as well to help my readers enhance their library of software tools. My experiences building my own computers and adding new hardware to existing systems will also be covered.
The operating systems I currently use include Ubuntu Linux 7.10 and Windows XP Professional, SP2 on separate computers. I try to only use applications that run under both systems so I have a basis of comparison cross-platform. I also have Debian Edgy available in a Windows Virtual Machine. Sorry, but I haven’t used a Mac since System 7.5.3.
I hope you enjoy the material I present here. Please register and submit your comments. I’ll do my best to respect your privacy and secure things from my end.
D.J.
March 14, 2007 at 6:00 pm |
Hi Dan. Looking forward to your reviews. I’m on Windows XP and currently considering Ubuntu, but am a little bit scare because I might crash it.
Thanks for dropping by my blog and taking the time to post a comment.