‘Lindependence 2008′ aims to Free Felton from Microsoft Windows

Why pay $650 for Adobe Photoshop when you can have 97 percent of the functionality of Photoshop for free?

That’s a question software developers and distributors plan on addressing at “Lindependence 2008,” a free event in Felton on July 13, promoting the Linux operating system and other free open source software.

The goal is to show people that open-source users have the freedom to copy, change and redistribute their software, which Microsoft Windows users are prohibited from doing.

“We’re trying to get as many people as possible to switch to Linux, because the main thing is most people don’t use computers for fancy things, so they’re wasting money,” said Ken Starks, a Linux advocate and owner of HeliOS Solutions in Austin, Texas, which strives to create technologies and provide cost effective products to its customers.

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