https://www.siriusventures.com/categories/open-source/ Recent content in Open Source on Sirius Stuff Hugo en-us Fri, 18 May 2007 05:05:05 -0700 https://www.siriusventures.com/convert-physical-windows-systems-into-virtual-machines-to-be-run-on-a-linux-desktop/ Fri, 18 May 2007 05:05:05 -0700 https://www.siriusventures.com/convert-physical-windows-systems-into-virtual-machines-to-be-run-on-a-linux-desktop/ <p>Another article on how to <a href="https://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_converter_windows_linux">Convert Physical Windows Systems Into Virtual Machines To Be Run On A Linux Desktop</a></p> https://www.siriusventures.com/library-use-of-linux-workstations/ Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:04:04 -0700 https://www.siriusventures.com/library-use-of-linux-workstations/ <p>Ran across a <a href="https://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/04/my_parents_home.html">reference</a> to libraries using Open Source programs like Linux and Open Office. Neat.</p> <p><a href="https://www.userful.com/">Useful</a>, the program that the library uses, sounds neat but it has the lame &ldquo;we won&rsquo;t tell you the price&rdquo; approach typical of many companies. At least <a href="https://www.siriusventures.com/fonality-bait-and-switch/">Fonality</a> sort of tells you a price.</p> <p>I really like the idea of locked-down Linux running sessions with keyboard and monitor rather than individual machines. One machine to maintain per location, hopefully. Have another couple of machines at the central library for relatively immediate replacement if a machine melts down.</p>