Free and Open Source Software is good for you!

Why? Because it is a state-of-the-art technology that respects your freedom, available to you free of charge!

But what is Free Software really? It is a global collaborative software project lead by the Free Software Foundation with millions of contributors and users all over the world! Read more...

What can I do with Free Software? In short, everything. From the operating system up to user applications. In fact you probably already use Free Software without even knowing! Firefox, Chrome, VLC, LibreOffice, WordPress... they are all Free and Open Source Software.

Is Linux better than Windows or Mac? For some things yes, definitively, for other things, not so much. This is largely a a matter of habits and opinions but it won't hurt to try it for yourself!

 

Ready to start?

Try out some amazing Free and Open Source Software today!

FireFox

(Web browser)

ThunderBird

(E-mail reader)

VLC

(video player)

(Office Suite)

Deluge

(BitTorrent client)

Amarock

(Audio player)

Audacity

(Audio recorder)

Blender

(3D animation)

(Vector graphics)

GIMP

(Image editor)

GnuCash

(Financial-accounting)

KeePassX

(Password manager)

Jitsi

(VoIP softphone)

WordPress

(Website CMS)

FileZilla

(FTP client)

Want more Free and Open Source Software? Search here!

 

 

...or change your Operating System all together

from Windows or Mac to GNU/Linux:

 Get GNU/Linux!

 

 

But there's more than software in life!

...there's hardware too!

Raspberry Pi

(single-board computer)

(microcontroller)

RepRap

(3D printer)

Want more Free and Open Source Hardware? Check this list!

 


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Idilix.net aims to promote Free (as in freedom) and sustainable technologies. It is organised in two main areas: the articles and the tutorials. If you don't know where to begin, start by browsing the articles to understand the philosophy behind all this. If you are already aware of free technologies, you can browse the tutorials to assist you using them. To find Free and Open Source Software to download use our Search on the main menu.

Articles are, mainly, about the philosophy around Free Software, GNU/Linux and some more general topics about technology past, present and future.

Tutorials are short lessons on how to use or develop a particular technology. It is focused on helping those who are migrating to Free Software / OpenSource but also those who already use them everyday.

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Upgrade from Windows 7 to... GNU/Linux!

Submitted by Webmaster on April 12, 2013 - 19:54

New home page, new tutorials and newsletter poll

Submitted by Webmaster on January 15, 2013 - 16:06

Dear Idilix.net subscirbers,

We have updated our home page!

If you haven't seen it yet, check it out! (http://idilix.net)

 

Ubuntu tutorials and other GNU/Linux tutorials

The release of the Ubuntu tutorials have been a real success. Since the first tutorial on august 2011, our videos have been seen over 200.000 times and gathered more than 500 subscribers. This means, on average, over 500 views and 1 new subscriber every day for the past year or so.

Exciting times for FOSS!

Submitted by Webmaster on April 27, 2012 - 20:42

Hello subscribers!

These are very exciting times for Free and Open Source Software!

A few days ago Linus Torvalds received a great sign of recognition for his work on the Linux  kernel, being one of the two laureates of the 2012 Millenium prize (see featured content in http://idilix.net). This recognition by a renowned institution helps not only to publicise Linux but also helps those who know about it to respect it's place among the other popular desktop operating systems. It's a prize to all the FOSS community!

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is out! Stable, friendly & functional (April 26 2012)

Submitted by Webmaster on April 26, 2012 - 17:16

The new Long Term Support version of Ubuntu is out! It's the fifth Ubuntu LTS release, the first desktop edition to receive five years of support and the first LTS to include the Unity interface. As we could have guessed, Unity has reached the maturity of an enterprise-grade distro. But that's not all! Ubuntu 12.04 also includes some brand new stuff like the HUD interface, a new dash look with new lenses, a revamped system monitor that includes privacy settings and the "management service" among other small functionalities here and there. All of these changes are an overall improvement over the previous 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. If we consider that LTS releases are usually more conservative, 12.04 LTS has a lot of new stuff!

For this release we also prepared a new series of tutorials that are already online on the Ubuntu tutorial page. A new tutorial was created to help newcomers go through the migration over to GNU/Linux. The focus of this new tutorial (called "First steps") is to show how to download, try and install Ubuntu. Two additional videos to help understand the transition from Windows to Ubuntu and from Mac to Ubuntu were also released (as suggested by Brendan, by the way, thank you for the suggestion!).

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is hands down the best Ubuntu yet. Rock solid stability, great user-friendliness and amazing functionality. This might very well be a turning point in the history of GNU/Linux and the adoption of Free and Open Source Software by the masses. Let's hope the "Precise Pangolin" receives the love it deserves!!!

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