Tag: operating system
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The semantic desktop and research papers
I’ve been following the idea of a semantic desktop for a few years now, waiting for someone to implement a framework that enables a user to actually do something that’s useful. I think that time has come. It seems as if KDE has managed to integrate the Networked Environment for Personalized, Ontology-based Management of Unified…
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Open source alternatives to proprietary applications
in Technologycross platform, Discovery Channel, facebook, GIMP, instant messaging, Internet Explorer, Internet TV application, linux, microsoft, Microsoft Windows, National Geographic, open source, operating system, operating systems, proprietary, social networking, social networking service, software, software application, technology, TED, ubuntu, web browser, word processingI thought I’d take a moment to briefly mention a few open source alternatives to popular computer applications. The following programmes are all: Here is my incomplete list of the open-source software I use: Firefox – A very popular web browser that offers a more secure, more intuitive and faster alternative to Internet Explorer. OpenOffice.org…