In both the nonprofit and opensource world, there is the notion of a "commons" in which each community benefits. The idea of nonprofit or not-for-profit as a name confuses people. Indeed, a nonproft can and should make a profit. At very least it should cover its yearly costs.

In the first installment of discussing Remote Desktop, we covered how to set up a Mac to be accessed remotely and how to use a tool like Chicken of the VNC to access that computer over a local area network. To access the computer of the Internet is a tiny bit more complicated, but you've come this far.

First off, you need to know how to set up port forwarding on your router. This is usually a pretty simple process.

SourceForge.net is THE place to look for opensource software projects. As of the last time I checked, it had over 148,000 projects on the go with over 1.5 million users. That's a lot of programming muscle.

Some of the projects ask for donations--PhPMyAdmin is a good example. Some of the projects have become an industry standard--PhPMyAdmin is a good example.

What kinds of software projects can you find on SourceForge?

Entertainment

1. Azeurus--A bittorrent client
2. TONS of free games
3. Video Clients like VLC

Productivity