[ILUG] Encyclopedia for Linux?

Ole Tange ole at tange.dk
Mon Jul 11 16:43:00 IST 2005


On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Ian Spillane wrote:

> Last time I tried wine failed to run Encarta but I have an old Grolier
> CD (before the encylopaedias became "multimedia" and flashy).
> 
> It's a shame a modern encyclopaedia isn't sold linux compatible. Doesn't
> anyone see an easy market by just creating a second engine for their
> content.

Most free software people I know tend to use wikipedia.org. Wikipedia is
larger than Britannica and is now the largest Encyclopedia in the world.
Maybe you will like it too?

/Ole



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