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Answer by surfchika
First of all, get a website. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just enough so people can go online and look at your work.

Then, post your website on www.craigslist.org in whatever city you live in. People go on there often looking for discount photographers, and that is what you will be until you become established. You can try other online classifieds, like the one of your local newspaper too.

Also, work on your networking skills. Tell everyone you know that you are going to work as a freelance photographer. Word of mouth gets around very quickly. You never know who might have a friend getting married, or have some sort of event or photography need. So just get the word out.

Good luck!!

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The companies can now better manage their information layer of online content, application files and other data stores with the help of open source Intranet software. This helps them to provide a hub for business processes and to distribute accurate and relevant knowledge to various stakeholders through a very robust and scalable permission engine. Its products like process manager, sales manager, project manager, quality manager, content manager, document manager, etc.  are all part of a single, coherent data model that provides true integration of all relevant functionality across all relevant applications and products and could be customized as per companies’ needs and offer you complete choice – in Operating System, Database and Browsers – within an open source extendable framework. Open source Intranet software engagement models are designed to suit your every project and process related needs and it also helps new clients to request a process from approval of design mock ups to a fully working proof of concept before committing significant funds to the project.
Open source Intranet software offers an enormous range of functionality across the business, and embraces every format of data into a single, managed information layer. It helps in encoding bespoke Intranet applications around a commercially supported Intranet solution, which is supported by a range of Intranet services to make sure your project is a success. It fully supports Linux as well as Windows, runs on a choice of 3 databases to suit your infrastructure and it fully supports all modern browsers. Within the integrated collaboration software environment additional products can be seamlessly added for later phases of the project, only for relevant users and to avoid information overload on launch. Open source Intranet software provides unparallel security and saves the files from being tampered at the project level. Its permission structure ensures that only relevant users could access the relevant files.
Open source Intranet software is so simple to use for the end user that no training is required and partners or suppliers can also experience seamless and efficient access to your extranet information through a login environment that securely protects extranet information for the relevant companies only. It also facilitates easier transition from physical document management to e-document management.  Open source Intranet software provides great value and fast implementation and its products can be installed, configured, populated and launched with no actual programming, so fast implementation with no project risk. The usefulness of this software is truly acknowledged by the companies today and companies are using this software to efficiently maintain their workflow and manage their projects.

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Answer by Bradster
Just keep writing and submitting. Learn the art of the query letter for magazines. That will help

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Roughly ten years ago I obtained and installed my first copy of Red Hat Fedora Linux. It was during that same time-frame that I officially became a Libertarian. Since then I have read many opinion pieces comparing Linux to both Libertarianism and Communism. In a way, I think it is both.

First let’s consider the origins of Linux. Back in the early 1980’s a long-time Unix programmer named Richard Stallman left MIT and began the GNU project and later the Free Software Foundation. He and his team began compiling (pun intended) the various software components of an operating system. The impetus behind their work was the belief that software source code should be freely available to all users so that they may make alterations to suit their specific needs. These changes would then be freely published so that others could benefit and possibly further refine the system.

In the early 1990’s, a Finnish graduate student named Linus Torvalds decided that he wanted to program a Unix/Minix like operating system for his Intel based 386 IBM PC. By this time, the aforementioned GNU project had assembled many of the components necessary, however, they were still lacking a working kernel. Torvalds set about this programing task. He plopped his kernel in the midst of the GNU components, and voila. Linux was born.

Since then, both Stallman and Torvalds have remained active in the development community as many, many others have joined as well. Today, we have many different distributions (i.e. flavors) of Linux from which to choose. Distributions that run on everything from personal computers and servers, to cellphones, routers and just about everything in between. On top of Linux has sprouted hundreds of software projects aimed at providing applications to users that follow these same principles. FOSS, or Free & Open Source Software is the acronym used to describe this model of development and distribution.

So what revelations regarding Libertarianism and Communism can be gleaned from the examination of the Linux community?

Before we can proceed with that analysis, there is one entrenched political teaching of which we must dispose. This is the notion that the political spectrum is a straight line with reactionary fascism on the right and radical communism on the left. Using this school of thought, there should be dramatic differences between the likes of Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler. However, I think most people would agree that the two were essentially totalitarian dictators that tended to have more in common than not.

If the traditional left/right spectrum is a flawed, then what is a better representation? I think a circle is better suited to political analysis. The top of the circle being a state of highly decentralized government and the bottom being one of highly centralized government.

The very top of the circle is the embodiment of what people like Thomas Jefferson envisioned for the United States. Like a circus elephant balancing itself on top of a giant ball, this approach takes great individual effort keep from losing ones balance and falling off, or in this case, sliding down to the bottom. The trip to the bottom of the circle is easy. There will always be people looking to grab your rights and property in exchange for the security or service they are offering. It doesn’t matter if these people are from the right or left or whether they’re Communist, Fascist or Socialist. The end result is always the same. Residence at the bottom of the circle under a highly centralized, oppressive totalitarian regime.

Now as we consider the nature of Linux, I think it is fairly easy to see that it is a highly decentralized approach to a common goal. But how can it have communist tendencies at the same time? I found the answer in a statement made by Walter Block of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Dr. Block recalled meeting a young lady who proudly announced to him that she was a Socialist. He responded to her statement with a simple question. “Are you a coercive or voluntary socialist?”

In that answer lies the explanation of Linux’s communist roots. All of the various software projects being developed within the FOSS movement are being done so in voluntary communities. Think of the the old notion of northern California hippie communes as opposed to the traditional coercive Soviet style regime. Any developer of a given application (commune) is not only free to leave a project, they are also free to “fork” a project. This is where they use the same code being developed by the first project to form their own second project and take it in another direction. Every person has the freedom to move from commune to commune, or even start their own, since no one person or group owns the source code.

This is what we should be pursuing as a political philosophy in the United States. Instead of putting all of our eggs into the single basket of the federal government and hoping that it has the smartest people in the world who are capable of running entire economies; we should be putting our hopes in the American people scattered all over the nation. Let state and local governments experiment with what’s best for them in their specific circumstances. I can guarantee you that what works best in Manhattan, NY will not work best in Manhattan, MT.

Eric Raymond is an open source developer who wrote an essay in the late 1990’s entitled, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar.” In that treatise he coined what he calls “Linus’ Law.” It states: “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” This is the true power behind Linux and FOSS. But in government today we have a mere 600 representatives cloistered in the “closed” cathedrals of Washington writing and interpreting verbose unintelligible laws that are fraught with unintended consequences and corruption. Our only hope is to open up the system and decentralize the solutions.

Richard Stallman is famous for describing free software as being “free as in freedom, not free as in beer.” In a time when our government is fiscally broke and rapidly becoming more centralized, we could all do with a little more free as freedom and a little less free as in handouts, bailouts and benefits.

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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2009

CDNetworks (KOSDAQ: 073710), a top-three global, full-service content delivery network (CDN), today announced that it is providing SourceForge.net, the world’s largest Open Source software development website, with state-of-the-art mirror sites in the US and Asia, to support its thousands of Open Source projects and millions of developers. CDNetworks is providing these services at no charge to SourceForge.net as part of its effort to support the free development and exchange of software in the Open Source community. Previously, CDNetworks announced free mirror site services for the Asia-based websites of Apache, CentOS, and LINUX Kernel.

The Sourceforge.net software development website hosts more than 180,000 projects and more than 1.9 million registered users, providing a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. SourceForge.net has the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet, and hosts more Open Source development products than any other site or network worldwide.

CDNetworks is providing free mirror sites to Sorceforge.net and other Open Source sites to improve the speed and reliability of these sites. Mirror sites are designed to store copies and source files identical to those on the original sites. This helps prevent the original sites from crashing under the weight of too many concurrent users. Mirror sites require massive bandwidth and server administration technologies. CDNetworks is donating its extensive global network infrastructure and professional server management technologies to provide these services in support of important Open Source initiatives.

“We are grateful to CDNetworks for their support of the SourceForge.net Open Source Community,” said Ross Turk, Director of Community, SourceForge.net. “Their tremendous global resources and infrastructure will help enable Open Source projects for thousands of projects and millions of users around the world.”

“We are happy to add Sourceforge.net, the world’s largest Open Source community, to the group of Open Source programs we are supporting,” said SangWoo Park, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at CDNetworks. “Providing mirror sites for Sorceforge.net and other Open Source communities will help improve the productivity of developers and engineers around the world. We are happy to provide our expertise and resources in support of these important technology projects.”

About CDNetworks:

CDNetworks, a top-three global, full-service content delivery network (CDN), provides technology, network infrastructure, and customer services that accelerate the delivery of Internet content and applications to end users around the world. CDNetworks provides a comprehensive suite of technology for video streaming, large-volume-files downloads, and image caching, which delivers unparalleled quality of performance, service, and reliability. World-leading media and entertainment, technology, retail, and online gaming companies rely on CDNetworks to optimize their end users’ online experiences. CDNetworks, founded in 2000 in Seoul, Korea, has subsidiaries in the US, China, and Japan, and is publicly traded on Korea’s KOSDAQ exchange (KOSDAQ: 073710). For more information, please visit: http://www.cdnetworks.com .

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Creating websites that are rich in content and easily manageable are in high demand these days. Internet attracts a lot of people and it is considered to be the easiest and the most widely information source for people in general. From getting information about the next-door shop to the most high profile government policies, Internet has it all for you. It also gives useful information and possibilities for business and ecommerce sites are available in plenty.

So to cater to the need of accessing information one need to have a website that can be quickly upgraded in the content part so that your customers get what they come looking for. This is where PHP development for open source web development comes into the picture.

PHP open source web development provides various platforms on that are feature rich and are apt for building websites where content is at the center. What is the most common among all these platforms is that all are open source, thus available for free, there is a huge community working for its betterment and development, they are very easy to install, upgrade and maintain and you need not to have technical knowledge to work on them.

So let’s take a look at all those platforms for PHP development.

WordPress:

It is one of the most popular and the most widely used blogging platform. It is suitable for just about anyone, from an absolute novice to the hardcore programmer, all can use it. It gives ample features to the users to play and learn around with and create websites that can bear a look unique to the individual users. Its an ideal platform for PHP web development.

Benefits:

No need to learn HTML
Separate content from design
Create unlimited pages
Choose from many templates
Search engine friendly
Integrate social media marketing
Active forum support

Joomla:

Joomla is a free content management system widely used for building websites that have emphasis on their content. It’s written in PHP and allows the designers to combine modules to build websites through PHP web development. There are a number of modules available including RSS feeds, polls, and language internationalization that makes it an easy task to upload content on the web, edit and upgrade with minimum fuss.

Benefits:

Long-term scalability
Very flexible template system
Great for Blogs and Social Communities
Continuous development
Very strong security for a CMS
Large community of quality templates

Drupal:

Drupal is one of the strongest content management system, written in PHP, makes use of various modules to allow the administrators to organize the display part of the website. The look and feel of the website can be easily managed through this and there is no need to know the technical part of scripting. And the best part of Drupal is that it takes very little time to develop a website with it.

Benefits:

Flexible and easy to extend
Reliable, efficient and robust
Highly Secure
Easy to retrieve data from the information system
Large number of modules
SEO friendly
It is highly Dynamic

While using PHP web development for creating websites that will take care of your content, you get various combined benefits through these platforms that are ideal to build websites.

The IT and business world has taken a new step forward with the advent of open source software. The use of open source software has gained a lot of popularity among managers and business owners, in spite of the fact that certain products may not always be most appropriate for their type of business. This newfound attraction comes with the major advantage that it is not developed or advertised by any of the big companies and corporations. Self-motivated and experienced IT professionals from all over the world are usually behind open source software.

Any program that is delivered under open source license gives its user complete control over the source code, which is one of the most important advantages of open source software. Access to the source code of a piece of software equals increased adaptability and flexibility, cost-effectiveness, long term usage, control and the possibility to upgrade without any additional costs. Open source software can be edited and modified in any way, so as to meet your specific needs and demands, and once you have modified it, you are also allowed to sell it.

Unified communication solutions are nowadays being considered by enterprises of all sizes as well as individual users. Companies and corporations welcome unified communication solutions and acknowledge their major benefit, namely that of improving their internal operations. Communication solutions are undergoing a process of rapid evolution and convergence. Integrating communication is not an easy task. However, with the help of open source unified communication software, applications such as telephony, instant messaging, email, conferencing, web, video and file sharing become scalable and easy to integrate within the enterprise. Unified communication software integrates applications that used to be disparate and makes them completely functional.

Open source unified communications software comes with a series of benefits for its users in what efficiency and profitability are concerned. In addition to that, open source unified communications software places users in control and abolishes all the restrictions that vendors of unified communications software typically impose. Open source unified communications software is available online from experienced IT professionals.

In quite a similar way, yet applicable to both individual users and companies, Internet calling software is in very high demand given the fact that traditional long distance calling has become a lot more expensive than Internet telephony. And with Internet calling demand on the rise, there are more and more companies and individual IT professionals who have entered this field in order to benefit from this growing market segment. Yet, as with any other products, some of the Internet calling software available on the market is not affordable to low budget users. Therefore, their best option is to look for and use free Internet calling software.

Free Internet calling software is available form a variety of sources, which can sometimes lead to confusion. It is therefore advisable that you read testimonials and customer reviews prior to downloading such software.

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Answer by Lawn Gnome
ClamAV : becuase it works and is tiny in resources and stuff.
GIMP: because it is fun and friendly.
NoteTab: becuase it is easy to use and migrates with just about anything.
Linux: Because it just works.
IrfanView32: It works.
Almost everything from FSF.org or GNU.org
stellarium: Cause I can look at any sky and see beyond imagination.
X-Tides: It tells me what the tides are in real time and predicted.
Arachnoid: it is a HTML editor that just rocks.
JPLCash: it is simple and works. it is like a bookkeeping thing.
Iptables: It is the best firewall ever
OpenSwan
Lilo
Grub
and others.

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Answer by Ilyes R
I know a good freelance website, or let me say, we have.
Our website is http://www.haveafreelancer.com/ . A 3 old days website.

The signup as well as bidding in projects and winning them is totally free.
Unlike getafreelancer where there are projects fees and limited number of bids, haveafreelancer is totally free and unlimited.

Currently there are very few projects, but also very few freelancers so you can start now and I hope you to success.

Thank you.

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Freelancing has become the main source of income for many people around the world. It has become popular as it gives a big freedom for the freelancer. A freelancer doesn’t need to work under someone else and the boss is himself/herself. He/she decides what to do and when to do. But there are certain things that you must be aware of if you are planning to become a freelancer. I will explain one by one which I feel that you must be aware of before stepping into the freelancing field.

The most important thing is that you must have a sound knowledge on the subject that you are planning to get freelancing jobs. For an example, if you plan to become a freelancer in software development, you must have a thorough knowledge in one or more programming languages and other related technologies. Otherwise there is a great chance that you will lose the project and your membership on the freelancing site and your reputation. And definitely you will lose your career as soon as you start. Therefore you must gain a sound knowledge in the relevant area before you step into freelancing even how much you are impatient.

Let’s assume that you have gained a sound knowledge on the area that you plan to become a freelancer and you are ready to start your career as a freelancer. Next thing you must do is identifying your scope. It means, you must have a good understanding on your strengths and weaknesses. You must try to overcome your weaknesses if possible. And you must also have a good skill of time management as it will definitely play a major role in your freelancing career. If you are not confident about time management, you must do a research in the internet and learn the basics.

Now you are ready to start your career. The next thing you must do is, finding a freelancing offer. The easiest and efficient way is finding a website which provides freelance offers. You will find many if you do a Google search. Some of them ask you to pay for your membership. Some provide free registration. You can choose any option. But before registering, you must read their payment policies and other related legal conditions. You have to make sure that you are properly paid without any cheating, safely. Most websites charge a percentage of your bid on the project as a commission. You have to agree with it as it is very hard to find good projects by your own. www.rentacoder.com is a good website according to my personal view. But you might not find projects which suits your area of expertise. There are many websites that you can go.

You have become a member of a freelancing website now and ready to bid on projects. First thing you must do is, read the project description and understand its requirements and decide whether you can complete it 100%. If you are not clear on something, contact the project owner and clarify your doubts and problems before bidding. Many websites provide message facilities between the freelancer and the job owner. Use it. If you are confident that you can bet on the project, then don’t go for a higher bet at the first time. You must build a good recognition in the community first. Don’t care much about your income from the first few projects. The most important thing is winning a bid. And keep in mind to use a professional way of communication with the project owner. And always, always deliver the 100% completed project on time or before the dead line. This will increase your recognition.

If you follow these guidelines, you will definitely start your freelancing career with a good start. Always keep in mind that you must be honest with your projects. Otherwise you won’t be able to continue with your freelancing career for a long time. Wish you good luck in your freelancing career.