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- 08:27, 12 May 2017 Guardian Project (hist) [295 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://guardianproject.info/ The Guardian Project makes FLOSS apps for mobile platforms that empower users to secure their smart phones a...")
- 08:18, 12 May 2017 FLOSS App Stores (hist) [624 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Not all App Stores are full of apps that disregard the rights of users. Below is a list of App Stores which sport plenty of ethical FLOSS alt...")
- 07:46, 12 May 2017 IOS (hist) [250 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "iOS is Apple's mobile platform Operating System. It's core, called Darwin is FLOSS, however iOS itself is part of a Restricted Platform, al...")
- 07:39, 12 May 2017 File name extension (hist) [569 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "File name extensions communicate what kind of data a file has and are important for determining which applications can read said file. On GNU/Linux and other Operating Syste...")
- 06:51, 12 May 2017 Apple Inc. (hist) [550 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Apple Inc., originally incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. in 1977, is the maker of the Apple II and Macintosh computers as well as the iPhone and iPad, among other p...")
- 07:07, 11 May 2017 Choosing a Distro (hist) [4,449 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "I've compiled a short list of the most actively-developed and user-friendly distros below. All of them are good distro choices, though some are geared more toward...")
- 06:47, 11 May 2017 Restricted Platform (hist) [3,511 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Restricted platforms are computer platforms which the user has limited control over because of technical limitations, placed there either to intentionally limit the user o...")
- 06:39, 11 May 2017 App (hist) [949 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The term "App" is a shortened form of "Application Program", which refers to software. "App" is synonymous with "Application Program", "Application", "Program" and "Software"...")
- 06:37, 11 May 2017 Spyware (hist) [319 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "According to the ''New Oxford American Dictionary'', spyware is ''"software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmittin...")
- 06:30, 11 May 2017 Telemetry (hist) [1,665 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The term "Telemetry" comes from the greek roots 'tele', which means "remote" and 'metron' which means "measure". Telemetry is the process of collecting data automatically fro...")
- 02:21, 10 May 2017 Man page (hist) [458 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A "Man page" is not necessarily a particularly masculine page. it can be feminine or gender neutral. In fact, it has nothing to do with gender at all, since it is simply short...")
- 02:21, 10 May 2017 Rsync (hist) [10,022 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Introduction == Rsync is a CLI utility for copying and synchronizing data. It can do this locally, for example, between a computer's internal drive and a local externa...")
- 02:20, 10 May 2017 Bug (hist) [563 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A "bug" normally refers to a programming error in software. The process of correcting bugs is called de-bugging. The word comes from computer errors from the first mainframes,...")
- 02:19, 10 May 2017 Back Up Utilities (hist) [187 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "There are several worthwhile back up utilities available for GNU/Linux. Below are the most recognized ones. Alternatively, you can learn how to Back up using RSync, a CL...")
- 02:19, 10 May 2017 Games (hist) [5,636 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Introduction == Though before serious games were few and far between, today the GNU/Linux gaming market is looking increasingly varied and growing everyday. Among the majo...")
- 02:18, 10 May 2017 Image Viewers & Editors (hist) [3,193 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Image Viewers == These are predominantly image viewers. They may have basic editing capabilities, but are not full-brown graphics-editing/creation software. [http://goodi...")
- 02:18, 10 May 2017 Podcatcher (hist) [707 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A Podcatcher is an application which can play podcasts. Podcasts are simply audio or video programs which a user can "subscribe" to in order to automatically receive new "epis...")
- 02:18, 10 May 2017 GTK (hist) [386 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "From the [http://www.gtk.org/ GTK+ site]: ''"GTK+, or the GIMP Toolkit, is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets...")
- 02:17, 10 May 2017 Audio Software (hist) [4,731 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Audio Players, Organizers & Podcatchers == [http://audacious-media-player.org/ Audacious] is probably my favorite simple audio player. It supports GTK and Winamp class...")
- 02:17, 10 May 2017 WYSIWYG (hist) [467 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "WYSIWYG stands for "What You See Is What You Get". It describes applications which present inputted information in virtually the same way that they appear upon output. For exa...")
- 02:17, 10 May 2017 WYSIWYM (hist) [550 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "WYSIWYM stands for "what you see is what you mean". It denotes a focus on content and de-emphasizes formatting. A WYSIWYM application does not normally include commands or con...")
- 02:16, 10 May 2017 DRM (hist) [2,599 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DRM or "Digital Rights Management" is any kind of technology that actively attempts to artificially restrict the usage of software or media via software or hardware. This incl...")
- 02:16, 10 May 2017 Computer Platform (hist) [581 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In Computing, we often refer to "platforms". For our purposes, this is synonymous with the Operating System. The major platforms today are Microsoft Windows, (Mac) OS X an...")
- 02:15, 10 May 2017 Office Applications (hist) [3,693 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "All of the software on this page is FLOSS and can use the OpenDocument format, unless otherwise noted. The OpenDocument format (ODF) is a cross-platform FLOSS standard. I...")
- 02:15, 10 May 2017 BitTorrent (hist) [476 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "BitTorrent is a distributed, peer-to-peer file sharing protocol which allows software and other digital media to be distributed without a central site by any user with a Bit...")
- 02:15, 10 May 2017 BitTorrent clients (hist) [987 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "BitTorrent clients allow you to download and upload files using the BitTorrent protocol [https://www.transmissionbt.com/ Transmission] is a popular, resource-l...")
- 02:14, 10 May 2017 Fork (hist) [397 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In FLOSS, unlike in non-free, non-open software, there exists the possibility of "forking" software applications. Like a "fork in the road", a "fork" of an application hap...")
- 02:14, 10 May 2017 Web Browsers (hist) [2,542 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Rendering Engines == There are many web browsers. However, all of them are based on a far smaller group of rendering engines. A rendering engine is software that takes the...")
- 02:13, 10 May 2017 Back up using RSync (hist) [9,885 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Introduction == There are lots of options for backing up on GNU/Linux. You can use software applications, most which employ a familiar Desktop En...")
- 02:11, 10 May 2017 CLI (hist) [970 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Command Line Interface (CLI) allows users to utilize a PC using only text commands from a keyboard, rather than a mouse to interact with a ''' GUI'...")
- 02:09, 10 May 2017 Software Repositories (hist) [945 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Software Repositories are servers which contain software Packages for download. Although users are free to install software from other sources (DVDs, flash drives and webs...")
- 02:09, 10 May 2017 Packages (hist) [634 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Software packages contain software as well as information about its dependencies- that is, which other software, if any, this software depends upon to run properly. These are...")
- 02:08, 10 May 2017 Package Manager (hist) [1,026 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Package Managers allow users to install, upgrade and uninstall Packages from Software Repositories on GNU/Linux. Package Managers are akin to the "app stores" availabl...")
- 02:07, 10 May 2017 Desktop Environment (hist) [2,919 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In Windows and OS X, the way you graphically interact with the Operating System is generally fixed. One graphical environment is provided and that's all. In GNU/Linux this...")
- 02:07, 10 May 2017 UNIX (hist) [1,177 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "UNIX, despite its pronunciation, has nothing to do with falsettos. It is the ancestor of many operating systems, including GNU/Linux and OS X. It was firs...")
- 02:07, 10 May 2017 Operating System (hist) [1,273 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An Operating System (OS) is the essential software necessary so that a computer can perform useful tasks and interact with a user. Even your microwave oven has an OS, though i...")
- 02:03, 10 May 2017 FLOSS (hist) [1,622 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Apart from something you should do after every meal, FLOSS stands for '''Free/Libre & Open Source Software'''. GNU/Linux is FLOSS. What does this mean? The [https://www.fsf....")
- 02:01, 10 May 2017 How-Guides (hist) [71 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* Learn how to Back up your data using RSync.")
- 02:01, 10 May 2017 Software Guide (hist) [1,272 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "There is so much software available for GNU/Linux that it is virtually impossible, and rather impractical, to list it all. Instead, the pages linked below present what I think...")
- 02:01, 10 May 2017 General Installation Guide (hist) [1,120 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Installing GNU/Linux on your PC is easy! To illustrate this point, here is how you can have GNU/Linux up and running in just 10 simple steps: # First, backup any important d...")
- 02:01, 10 May 2017 Distro (hist) [1,195 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A GNU/Linux distro or distribution is a full-fledged GNU/Linux operating system packaged with all the software necessary to use it "out-of-the-box", including a Desktop Envi...")
- 02:00, 10 May 2017 Why use GNU/Linux? (hist) [8,011 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Why should I use GNU/Linux rather than Windows, OS X or something else?''' Short Answer: ''Security, Privacy, Speed, Customization, Cost & Freedom'' Long Answer: '''Stro...")
- 02:00, 10 May 2017 What is GNU/Linux? (hist) [3,074 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''What is GNU/Linux?''' The simple answer is that GNU/Linux is an alternative Operating System (OS) you can use on your PC, instead of Microsoft Windows or Apple's (Mac)...")
- 01:59, 10 May 2017 Why not Wikipedia? (hist) [3,311 bytes] Gnuguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Wikipedia is great. It is to general knowledge what GNU/Linux and FLOSS are to software. This site even runs on the same FLOSS software. And some of the contents of this s...")
