Open Source Christmas

Posted by Daniel Stout on Tue 26 Dec 2006 at 10:36 PM

We saw the Christmas Pageant of Peace at the National Christmas Tree in Washington DC. DC is festive this time of year. We did our Christmas shopping there and had a good time of it. We hope your Holidays have likewise been pleasant.

Santa put some choice musical selections into the Christmas stocking, such as The Crane Wife, Low-life, and even somewhat mysteriously Awake. Josh Groban’s Awake was unexpected, but I relished the track “Machine,” which featured Herbie Hancock, who was one of my favorite artists growing-up.

In other news, I’m enjoying the new openSUSE Linux version 10.2. The new applications menu in Gnome is a nice change (it’s similar to what appears in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10). Amarok 1.4 can play iTunes-style AAC files, so my complete music collection is available on Linux. I also loaded all of my digital photos into F-Spot, which is a fantabulous photo gallery program, similar to iPhoto. The more I use open source software, the more impressed I am with what people have accomplished. openSUSE keeps getting better with each release. There’s no need to put your computer in the landfill to switch to Vista or Mac OS X. Download openSUSE for your computer, and you’re set.

Tags: amarok · linux · mac os x · national christmas tree · opensuse · pageant of peace · vista · washington dc

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