rhardie
April 4th, 2012, 06:32 AM
This thread is for anyone to share information about good, high quality 3rd party software that will run on Linux. You decide if it's high quality. (Maybe someone with Influence in the community would want to create a sticky to replace this thread if it is found to be useful.)
I like free open source but I use 3rd party if I can't find what I need in the open source community (that does what "I" need the way I need it done).
Everyone has different technical abilities from no skills to technical genius/guru (that's not me) and we all have varying needs and desires for using Linux and the various software that runs on it. Most everyone cheers Ubuntu on to becoming mainstream; however, ultimately, it being 'mainstream' means paid, 3rd party and maybe even closed source software is what people choose.
The vision for this thread is that a person who knows of a good a 3rd party application that works well and has decent support would post the name of the software, what it does and why (s)he likes it.
In theory, developers and software companies will develop useful applications if they perceive that there is a demand on a Linux platform, thereby helping Linux - and Ubuntu specifically - to become more widely accepted.
It is my hope that the postings here are pleasant and helpful.
Kind regards,
rhardie
P.S. Thank you Lisati for moving this to "The Community Cafe" after this was posted. I wasn't sure how to post this but I see someone more knowledgeable than I was able to help out. Thanks. :-)
I like free open source but I use 3rd party if I can't find what I need in the open source community (that does what "I" need the way I need it done).
Everyone has different technical abilities from no skills to technical genius/guru (that's not me) and we all have varying needs and desires for using Linux and the various software that runs on it. Most everyone cheers Ubuntu on to becoming mainstream; however, ultimately, it being 'mainstream' means paid, 3rd party and maybe even closed source software is what people choose.
The vision for this thread is that a person who knows of a good a 3rd party application that works well and has decent support would post the name of the software, what it does and why (s)he likes it.
In theory, developers and software companies will develop useful applications if they perceive that there is a demand on a Linux platform, thereby helping Linux - and Ubuntu specifically - to become more widely accepted.
It is my hope that the postings here are pleasant and helpful.
Kind regards,
rhardie
P.S. Thank you Lisati for moving this to "The Community Cafe" after this was posted. I wasn't sure how to post this but I see someone more knowledgeable than I was able to help out. Thanks. :-)