Open Source
Open source software is software whose source code is published and made available to the public, enabling anyone to copy, modify and redistribute the source code without paying royalties or fees. Open source code evolves through community cooperation. These communities are composed of individual programmers as well as very large companies.
At Motor City Free Geek we're enthusiastic users of open source software, and it's part of our mission to promote the use of open source software by others.
Here are a few of our favorites...
At Motor City Free Geek, we install Ubuntu Linux on computers we build.
Ubuntu Linux is an operating system created by a worldwide team of expert developers and contains the applications most often used: a web browser, basic office suite, instant messaging, media apps and more.
Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.
OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
It is available in more than 40 languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
Mozilla Firefox is a free open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. A 2009 Net Applications survey put Firefox at 25% of the recorded usage share of web browsers, meaning Firefox is used by about 1 in 4 internet users, making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide.
Upcoming Events
| Saturday May 11, 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM Open for business |
| Tuesday May 14, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Work meeting |
| Wednesday May 15, 7:00 PM - Linux SIG |
| Thursday May 16, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Work meeting |
| Saturday May 18, 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM Open for business |
| Tuesday May 21, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Work meeting |
| Thursday May 23, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Work meeting |
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At Motor City Free Geek we install Ubuntu Linux on computers we build.
Ubuntu Linux is created by a worldwide team of expert developers and has all the application programs most often used: a basic office suite; web browser; media player, and more.
OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.