I recently bought a new external hard drive after my old one crashed. My old one came with a program that would automatically back up my files at a certain time every day. My new hard drive came with a few programs like that one – but they all cost money. I was wondering if there were any Open Source or free programs that I could download to use.
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What is the best open source social networking platform that i do not have to download and is easy to use for someone who knows nothing about programming?
I want to donate my computer, but want to make sure all of the data has been deleted. I have heard that data can be recovered even if you reformat the hard drive. Does anyone know any good open source or free software that scrubs your computer?
I want the same drag and drop and insert features that i can do in dreamweaver. I am not a html expert so i want an open source progam that will do most of the coding for me.
If I need to buy 10 computers and a server to run a small network and small database with internet access, approximately how much money would I save by going with a 100% open source setup?
I am hearing all sorts of things about Open Source. I am wondering if banking and financial services is embracing this and where the key innovations are.
I want to do "advanced" edits, like moving a jpeg image or even a video around the screen, on my mac. I want it open-source so I can look at how it works, and I want to spend as little money as possible on it. Any suggestions other than installing Linux on my mac(which is actually a family mac)?