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"NASA really has decided to drop Windows from the laptops on the International Space Station (ISS) in favor of Linux and the first humanoid robot in space, R2, really is powered by Linux."

linux apps that can be run as portable apps within linux

Tally is Accounting Package, which is life line of more than 90% of SME in India. SMEs are always short of budget for costly licensed Operating system and suite; hence they keep on looking for Free Open Source. For everything else they have had alternatives but not for Tally. Tally on Linux has been a distance dream, but not anymore. With Enjay Tiguin OS, Tally can be run on a Linux OS.

Simple interface for app installation on linux for netbooks.

Soundtrap allows you to make music online, from any device, with your own instruments or the virtual ones on the site. The free version offers 5 projects, many loops, instruments and sounds as well as other features. It works on Mac, Windows, iPad, Android tablets and phones, Linux and Chromebooks. It allows you to start, edit and collaborate on your recordings and, being cloud-based, wherever you are. You can collaborate with others and share your music on Facebook, Twitter and SoundCloud, as well as Spotify and iTunes. You can sign in with Office 365, Google, Facebook or an email account. There are premium options with more features and fewer limits.

"March 13, 2012: Audacity 2.0 Released! The Audacity Team is elated to announce the release of Audacity 2.0 for Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems."

I have managed to get the Windows powered assessment and reporting software Accelerus that our school uses running on my OSX laptop. Check out the screenshot below. Was a bit tricky but Google was my friend as I tried out a couple of different ideas. The best guide I found was perhaps this one. It does require a knowledge of partitions and terminal commands but it worked a treat fo me. Along the way, I learned heaps and enjoyed the tinkering. I might have some fun and try to get Ubuntu Linux running again on this computer.

A useful collection when you're trying to think back whether it was Facebook or Twitter came first ... or Apache or Python or Linux for that matter!

Sumo Paint is a full featured photo editing / painting application, which works right in your favorite web browser! The application can be used in Windows, Macintosh or Linux operating systems. The only requirement is the Flash Player (which usually comes preinstalled in any OS).

"IconArchive is a professional tag based icon search engine with more than 330,000 icons for web developers, end users and graphic artists. Also it is an inspiration source for new design ideas and a place to enjoy beautiful icons. You can collect, organize & share your favorite icons here with ease. If you want to customize your desktop, you can download icons for all operating systems, Win, Mac & Linux. Website or Software developers with demand for custom icon design could search for professional icon artists here. This may result in freelance jobs and/or design help for projects of any size. On our icon artists page you can select artists offering custom icon design."

"Converts .pdf to Kindle format .mobi or .azw Plus, it's free! Online eBook converter, no download required. Supports MacOS, Windows and Linux."

(via @rmbyrne)

SpiderOak provides an easy, secure and consolidated free online backup, sync, sharing, access & storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE)

"Free Password Manager. Works in your browser and with our free desktop application HyperSafe. Works on Windows/Mac/Linux any modern browser Fast and easy to use. Secure SSL connections, all data encrypted. No advertising, no spam. Convenient, on the web or your desktop. Store Passwords & memos too... Never forget a password again!"

"The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity (Registration Number 1129409) which exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing. We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for use in teaching computer programming to children. We expect this computer to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world."

3D Mind-mapping App - Free to install on Windows Mac Linux Android and iPad

Interesting, trying to figure out if I would want to use it for a presentation that involves stakeholders.

ShowMeDo is learning with the open-source community. Learning Paths are visual scripts for navigating lessons.

Quote" We waited for Android to come to Netbooks and Laptops, and then Google said, wait it's Chrome OS for netbooks, and we got confused, now, allow me to confuse you more, with Live Android, a project hosted on Google Code website, providing you live iso file for android."

We waited for Android to come to Netbooks and Laptops, and then Google said, wait it's Chrome OS for netbooks, and we got confused, now, allow me to confuse you more, with Live Android, a project hosted on Google Code website, providing you live iso file for android.

A piece of technology not much bigger than an adult's finger could help a new generation discover how to programme computers. Games developer David Braben and some colleagues came up with the Raspberry Pi - a whole computer on a tiny circuit board made with not much more than an ARM processor, a USB port, and an HDMI connection.