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-[OpenDisc|http://theopendisc.com/] is a collection of high quality open source
software for the [Microsoft] [Windows]
platform, aimed at users exclusively using said operating system
. The two goals of the disc are to provide free
alternatives to otherwise costly equivalents, and to educate people about the [Linux] operating system. The disc will be updated periodically as new versions of software are continually released, and users
are encouraged to volunteer in a number of ways, including
suggesting new software to add to future versions to
translating the text into different languages.
+[OpenDisc | http://theopendisc.com/] is a collection of high quality OpenSource
software for the MicrosoftWindows
platform, aimed at users exclusively using said OperatingSystem
. The two goals of the disc are to provide [Free]
alternatives to otherwise costly equivalents, and to educate people about the [Linux] operating system. The disc will be updated periodically as new versions of software are continually released. Users
are encouraged to volunteer in a number of ways, such as
suggesting new software to add to future versions, or
translating the text into different languages.
-The project was born from another well known open source disc
, called
TheOpenCD, which OpenDisc project lead Chris Gray managed for the eighteen
months prior to starting the OpenDisc project. During that time
he identified numerous problems within TheOpenCD that he
was unable to solve the majority of. Rather than continue on considerably hindered by them
, he decided to start afresh with none of
the overhead that slowed TheOpenCD development down. For more information, see his blog entry, [“
Mutiny aboard the good ship TheOpenCD“
|http://ccg.id.au/blog/?p=88].
+The project was born from another well known OpenSource collection project
, [
TheOpenCD]
, which OpenDisc project lead Chris Gray managed for 18
months prior to starting the OpenDisc project. During his tenure,
he identified numerous problems within [
TheOpenCD] but
was unable to solve the majority of them
. Rather than continue on despite their considerable hindrance
, he decided to start afresh without
the overhead that slowed [
TheOpenCD]
development down. For more information, see his blog entry, [Mutiny aboard the good ship TheOpenCD | http://ccg.id.au/blog/?p=88].
