Open Source Daily Journal

The methods at which businesses and communities are trying to reach out and garner members vary depending on the technology they are promoting. Imagine FireFox that has been a long time in the making, a product of the Mozilla Foundation that came up with a web browser that was not only faster but much better than the long standing leader of the pack, Internet Explorer. They considered the changing web and how people are using the web, designed a framework, published the designs and asked for comments, suggestions and just about anything you might want to say to improve on the proposed browser. Get back down and incorporate the best suggestions in terms of improvement and release the browser into the wild that is the internet, viola, success in the making. Continue Reading »

Firefox is hailed to be the best and most used browser to date which has taken over the much infamous Internet explorer from Microsoft. Why, the problems the software giant has with issues ranging from unfair commercial acts to plain ignorance of their user’s needs in terms of customization. The Fox is truly killing IE for millions now prefer to use it because they can totally customize their installation, with plug-ins that come from the users themselves who contribute to it’s improvement. Continue Reading »

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Content management system (CMS) is not new. Yet, not many business owners are aware of how the technology can help to bring their business to the next level.

A website owner greatly relies on their web designers to manage their website, which is time consuming and costly.
Here are some various CMS solutions that may be suitable for you:

1) Joomla – One of the most popular and commonly used CMS today, the software is released under GNU General public license, so anybody can use the software and make modifications to give for their own use.

2) Drupal – Drupal is a solid, high quality platform that is claimed to be user friendly and well liked by web developers. Only 1 installation is needed for multi sites.

3) CMS made simple – A much simpler key that is quick to learn and easy to use. This software is very good for small websites with few pages. Business owners that are new to the online world will find this software fitting.

RSSOwl 2.0 is expected to be a major release in the world of open source applications. It contains lots of new and fun features that will surely provide its potential users with a great time working on RSS feeds. It was in summer 2005 when the idea of creating a new and improved RSSOwl was established. The main goal of the RSSOwl 2.0 is to provide a very powerful, user-friendly and easily upgradeable newsreader for everyone. The platform used to create RSSOwl 2.0 is the Eclipse Rich Client Platform and the database used is the bd4o for the storage of the news.

Cabos is a simple open source file sharing program that provides easy search and download functionalities. Cabos is based on Acquisition and Limewire, thus it is considered a Gnutella program. This software is free for download and it contains neither spyware nor adware. Cabos is guaranteed safe. It contains a very simple and user-friendly interface. Some of its features are: the Universal Plug and Play, transferring from one firewall to another, proxy transfers, integration in iTunes and iPod and search engine tools for new and international items. The system requirements of Cabos File Sharing Program are Windows 2000 or later, Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later versions.