FOSS alternatives to Apple, Facebook & C already exist. Shall we package them?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 2013

Installing all this Free Software on a virtual Linux server you get ONE single blob of living bits that lets you do everything you need online, with all the privacy you need and NO fear of losing your data. Why isn’t everybody doing it? Well, simply because there is no INTEGRATION at all among all those FOSS programs. But doing it it’s not so hard.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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