www.minova.org
- Download Movies, TV shows, music, software and more. Minova is the largest BitTorrent search engine and directory on the net with thousands of torrents
BitTorrent: breaks apart files into smaller pieces and allows you to download from hundreds of users (seeds)
: revolutionised file sharing "stuff"
MOST CONTENT IS ILLEGAL
CRACKED - home style programmer removes security codes which enables downloads.
SOFTWARE...
The whole adobe program costs at least $2000
- why pay that much when you are able to download for free from a number of sites?
> though you are exposed to many risks - could be fined or sued........
MICROSOFT: Everyone has been bitten in the ass by Microsoft at some stage....
"Open a file... Blue screen of death appears... Lose important essay... Cry and quit school... Start Crack... Become crack whore... Lose a leg... Write inspirational book... Get on television... Get shot... That becomes your life..."
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: opens the code to everybody... WHY? ability to tweek, now able to put on additional add-ons.
www.portableapps.com
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE - 'freeware'
- Apps are modified to run on a memory stick.
SOFTWARE IS GOING 2 DIRECTIONS:
1. All software will run online
2. All apps on memory stick not a computer ALTERNATIVE APPLICATIONS:
- OPEN OFFICE: full suite of office programs - no need for microsoft office
- GIMP: GNU Image Manipulation Program
+Customisable interface, Photo enhancement, barrell distortion, digital retouching, hardware support
- BLENDER: software for 3D modelling, animation etc.
"THESE ARE TOTALLY FREE"
www.sourceforge.net
- people make software and offer the actual RAW file, which includes the actual code, which allows you to go in and modify it there.
www.freewaregenius.com- goes through and reviews files - able to provide software packages for specific minor things
e.g.
+ an application just to resize photos... give your dimensions and it resizes the photos for you and saves the new file.
+ double vision: watch web while you work... "ghost video"
www.download.com
- claims to be open source
- not as good
- alot of stuff you actually need to pay for.
- when you download stuff, half the time you only download demos.
= FREE TO TRY
LONG TERM ISSUES WITH OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE:
- everything these days are driven by software
- viruses = counteracted by fact its all transparent.
- must manually update yourself - not automatic updates like many programs.
- ECONOMY: nobody makes money, one way to fix would be donations...
BUT WHO DOES THAT?
SOLUTION?
- intention on implementing a system where everybody in the country who has a mobile phone pays an extra $10 or $20 a month and everytime a song is shared the money is distributed amongst companies.
- Micro charging: give someone little bit of money for applications.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS THAT NOBODY GIVES A SHIT. - nobody cares where software comes from, as long as they have a program and it works.
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