-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Osdc-list] Where to ask about open-source software Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 07:22:33 -0400 From: Gregory Pittman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] On 05/26/2016 11:10 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >>> I have had success with http://alternativeto.net/ . If you find >>> other resources, that might make a good article for Opensource.com. > > You could ask here, I believe. The charter is """This is a place for > our readers, writers, moderators and artists to discuss matters > concerning Opensource.com""" > I also think it can be more helpful when someone asks, "what can I use to accomplish this particular task?", indicating what they want to do with the software, rather than asking for an equivalent for some proprietary application. There aren't exactly one-to-one correlations between what proprietary and open source software can do. Sometimes you might want to use what might be called a utility, such as a command line operation, rather than bother with some large program. Greg _______________________________________________ Osdc-list mailing list | This is a place for our readers, writers, moderators and artists to discuss matters concerning Opensource.com and otherwise do the work that makes this a community practicing the open source way. Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter Send a message: [email protected] Change preferences: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list Unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/options/osdc-list
