Wrap your head around this: In a couple of hours, the 90′s will be 20 years ago! Yup, its scary I know. But hey think of it this way: in 1990 we didn’t even have Linux, and in 2000 Linux looks like a crippled OS compared to today’s Linux. So its all good. Here I »
Speaking to German website Golem.de, the founder of the Ubuntu desktop, Mark Shuttleworth, spoke freely about how Linux compares to Apple, what he thinks of Windows 7, his thoughts of KDE4, and much more. Watch the two part interview after the jump. Video: Mark Shuttleworth – We are our own worst enemy – Interview (Part »
I consider myself a gamer. Luckily I am a console one, name the console and I probably have owned it. So I never really had to jump through hoops and Wine to run Windows games. Bar perhaps Championship Manager, but even that I quit since I discovered its such a time sucker. Despite that, the »
Image editing on Linux is one of the most hotly debated categories. Actually it’s probably one of the biggest stumbling blocks for people who want to convert to Linux. A lot of people got used to Adobe Photoshop and the way it does things, that an alternative is almost blasphemous! Before I proceed, let me »
Doing some shopping for your technical friends this year? Or just following the Golden Rule of Giving? That is, Give Something That You Yourself Would Like In Case They Don’t Get Around To Using It. Either way, we’ve shifted through a wide range of gifts to come up with suggestions and ideas in hopes that »
Author’s note: I was intending to research and write a piece on how Linux is being used as an mp3 player in cars. I’ve owned a Linux based mp3 player for six years. I was assuming it was not the only solution. It’s not, but as of the fall of 2008, buying a Linux-based mp3 »
Courtesy of Yvette The Monkey What does using Linux mean to you? Do you simply use it because it works best for you? While at its heart Linux itself, is nothing more than a software kernel, to many people it is much more. It is a mission, a mission to show the big industry players »
Warning: There are two commands mentioned in this how to, both that require double dashes – – but for some reason WordPress is not rendering that correctly. After each dpkg hit space and hit the dash button twice. Sorry for the the inconvenience. A clean install or an upgrade? That’s a question that keeps tossed »
Since then, I’ve used Linux at work and at home in a wide variety array of devices. Even today, now that I’m older and never have enough time for fiddling around with software constantly, I have Linux in my car, as an mp3 player. Any Empeg Rio Car users out there? With no DRM, Linux »
One of the most powerful attributes that are running for Linux as opposed to other OS’es is it flexibility and customizibility. Its one of the first things mentioned when a Linux geek is asked about Linux. And we love to show it. I trekked Gnome Look and KDE Look and chose for you these 30 »
