Posts Tagged ‘apt’

Why Use Free and Open Source Software?

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

This entry was written with the developer in mind. Though none of this information is developer-specific, I don’t know of any non-developers who like to go through source code. I do look forward to the day where everyone reads code for the love of it.

Why use free open source software? There are many reasons why you should use it, a lot of which have been covered all over the internet ad nauseum, for instance Why Open Source Software by David A. Wheeler. I am sure they are all great references as to why anyone should consider free and open source software (FOSS) as a software solution. I am here to talk about why I think you should use FOSS and for me, one of the most important reasons to use FOSS is to give you the ability to figure out why things are going wrong on your computer.

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Apturl – Apt-get Inside Your Browser as Links

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Between long stints of playing offline VS mode in Super Smash Brothers Brawl to unlock all the characters and stages, I found this article about apturl on Digg (this seems to be the link for the project). From the blog post:

Imagine the next time you are trying reading a great list of Ubuntu programs. One of them catches your eye, and you want to try it. Instead of either using Add/Remove or opening a terminal to install the program, you simply click a link. A message box pops up asking you if you want to install the program, and then you enter your password,

Upon first gaze, this may seem like a sort of security hazard, however this is not the case.

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