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Open Source Software - Yellowknife
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Open Source software components generally lower the initial capital costs of software projects, and may also improve the total costs associated with operating and maintaining the software. We are always looking for software that benefits our clients, and provide recommendations as appropriate. Here are a few open-source packages that have caught our attention:

Office Productivity Software

OpenOffice

Mozilla, Firefox, and Thunderbird

Programming

PHP, Python, Perl

MySQL and PostgreSQL

Operating System Environments

The Linux kernel

The Debian Project

The KDE desktop environment

Antivirus and File Sharing

ClamAV Antivirus Software

Samba

 

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