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This website was last updated on Thursday 13 June 2013


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Our Best of Free Windows Software CD has been updated with FileZilla 3.7.0.2, Sumatra 2.3.2 & VLC 2.0.7

Ruth Trikes 6 kilometres...on her Catriking Blog

Adam writes about VProps...on the COPA Flight 8 Blog

New Julian Photo from Cats

Adam's 2013 Writing Project Reaches 100 Articles!

Ruth Bakes Bread

Matt and Nick Visit

New Recipe: Fabulous Low-Fat Lemon Cheesecake

At The Tulip Festival

Haircuts, or Lack Thereof

Epiphany 3.4.1 Stability

Ruth's Tulips Bloom!

Adam writes more about Flight 8 on Diaspora in a May Update...on the COPA Flight 8 Blog

Catriking Season Starts

Rachael In Ottawa!

Adam Compares Browsers in 2013

Ten Days of Epiphany 3.4.1

Merkis family reunion

Trying Out Epiphany 3.4.1

Firefox 20 Builds on Success

Adam writes about Flight 8 on Diaspora in an April Update...on the COPA Flight 8 Blog

Adam Doesn't Get The New Capitalism...on the COPA Flight 8 Blog

Social Networking - One Year Later...on the COPA Flight 8 Blog

Ruth Tries Out the New Bridge

Firefox 19 is a Game Changer - Updated!

Results From The Carleton University General Aviation Study...on COPA Flight 8

Our Best of Free Windows Software CD has been updated with Gimp 2.8.4 & Thunderbird 17.0.3

Firefox 19 is a Game Changer

When Foreign Takeovers Fail...on the COPA Flight 8 Blog

Another Aircraft Manufacturer Take-Over...on the COPA Flight 8 Blog

Matt and Katia Visit

Gordon Koppang Provides a Six Month/1200km Update on the Sinner Comfort...on Quadracycling in Ottawa

Skiing Resumes!

Canadian Aviation Historical Society Convention 2013 in Ottawa...on the Flight 8 blog

Ruth Releases a New Book: The Topic of Cancer

Adam and Ruth are both on Diaspora, the free social networking website that is community run, advertising free, you own your data and it runs on free software. Adam on Diaspora & Ruth on Diaspora. Sign up and join us if you like.

Photos from everything we did in 2012

Photos from everything we did in 2011

Photos from everything we did in 2010

Photos from everything we did in 2009

Photos from everything we did in 2008

Photos from everything we did in 2007

Photos from Cross Country Ski Season 2007-2008

Ruth Denounces Parking Lot Midways, story & cartoons PDF Document 170 kB download

Are you going to give a High School Valedictory Speech? Why not save yourself all that time writing a new one and use our Valedictory Speech instead? PDF Document 60 kB download



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We Use Linux

Tux, the Linux Penguin

Since April 2007 we have been using Linux-based computer operating systems and you could be too, for free!

Right now we are using the Ubuntu operating system. Linux is free, very stable, has tens of thousands of free applications to do everything you need and doesn't run Windows viruses or spyware. It is perfect for us. If you want to read about our experiences switching from Windows to Linux, have a look at Our Ubuntu Diaries Part I and Part II. We also supply Linux CDs and DVDs.

For information on free and open source software for Windows have a look at our Windows Open Source/ Freeware Project. We also have a Best of Free Windows Software CD for users on dial-up who can't download huge files themselves.

For a list of recommended free software for all operating systems see our Free Software List.


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