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CopyTrans Manager enables you to manage your iPod songs without the need to use the iTunes interface. You can add and delete files, edit tag information, create playlists and also play your files (provided you have the proper...

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Image Composite Editor (ICE) enables you to seamlessly combine (stitch) a series of photos to create a high resolution panorama image. You can simply drag&drop the individual shots onto the interface and the program will...

Wise Program Uninstaller enables you to completely uninstall any program without leaving leftover files or registry entries behind. When you choose to uninstall an application, Wise Uninstaller first launches the standard...

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The Free Software Foundation loves this laptop, but you won't

Chris Hoffman | Feb. 6, 2015

Sure, all the software--right down to the firmware!--is free and open in the LibreBoot X200. But it's still a refurbished 2008 laptop, and indicative of deeper problems in the state of truly open hardware.

Dell just launched a sleek new MacBook Pro competitor running Linux, and the freedom-obsessed Purim Librem 15 laptop blew past its crowdfunding goal. But Richard Stallman's Free Software Foundation doesn't approve of either of these powerful, tightly designed, Linux-running laptops. Instead, the FSF recommends you buy the "LibreBoot X200"--which is actually a refurbished ThinkPad X200 from 2008.

That's insane... at least on the surface. But the story isn't quite that simple.

On the one hand, the FSF looks comically out-of-touch by endorsing this hardware, which spectacularly few people--even hardcore free software geeks--will want to buy. But on the other hand, the FSF is sticking to its guns (as always), and making a good point about how hard it is to get hardware with completely open and modifiable code.

Only two laptops "respect your freedom," and they're both outdated The LibreBoot X200 is only the second laptop the FSF has ever endorsed. It endorsed the Gluglug X60 laptop back in 2013, saying it was "the first time we've ever been able to encourage people to buy and use a laptop as-is." Both laptops get the FSF's "Respects Your Freedom" certification.

The Gluglug X60 was a refurbished ThinkPad X60, just as the LibreBoot X200 is a refurbished ThinkPad X200. The ThinkPad X60 is a laptop from 2006, even two years older than the 2008-vintage ThinkPad X200. There's no way around it: This hardware is just plain dated. The LibreBoot X200 comes with a 2008-era Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, although it thankfully has been upgraded with an 802.11n Wi-Fi card. You can also opt for more RAM and a larger hard drive or solid-state drive.

You can buy a LibreBoot X200 starting from 298.00 (about $450 US dollars) on Gluglug's online store. That's a lot more than you can pick up a used one for on eBay, but you're paying for Gluglug's hard work.

Why the FSF loves these old ThinkPads But what did Gluglug do to turn a bog-standard ThinkPad X200 into a FSF-recommended LibreBoot X200? Well, obviously Windows was replaced with the FSF-endorsed Trisquel GNU/Linux operating system. This is the same operating system the Purism Librem 15 promises to ship with--the FSF doesn't like Ubuntu and its inclusion of non-free software and firmware. Fedora is much more hardcore about free software, and the FSF doesn't even like Fedora because they ship some closed-source firmware. You can read the FSF's specific complaints about various popular Linux distributions, if you like.

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How would you like to erase your debt? It's possible with these 7 steps

TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) -

He has a name you've heard of and a face you've probably seen. Known for his big personality, Dave Ramsey has been helping folks around the world, for years, rid their lives of debt.

When it comes to getting out of debt, Dave Ramsey says, "The biggest thing about getting out of debt is really getting angry about it. You've got to get ticked off about living your life in such a way you're gonna retire broke and that you work too hard to be this broke."

Paul Bolin is a living testament to Ramsey's program. He is 27 years old and debt free.

"When I graduated college I was a little over $70,000 in student debt. When you're working your first job out of college you're not making a million dollars a year. It was pretty much right away that I knew I had to do something else, said the University of Toledo graduate.

Bolin says after feeling the financial pressure many others do, he turned to a family friend for advice.

"I have a friend in the family that does well for themselves and I asked them what they did different. And his mother actually gave me the Dave Ramsey book 'Total Money Makeover,' and she said if you learn the habits of this book it will change your life, and it did," Bolin says.

But it wasn't easy. Bolin says he gave up frivolous spending and going out. He says he didn't go out to eat for 2 years. He followed a set of steps that led him on the path to success.

Step 1: Start with an emergency fund. Put away $1000 into an account.

"You don't touch it and the point of it is in case your car breaks down or something happens that you absolutely have to access the money," said Bolin

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