A Test Day is planned tomorrow (Thursday 26th) for the Nouveau driver for NVIDIA graphics cards.
Read more »Zenwalk 6.0: Not Quite Ready
In this Ubuntu world, distributions such as Zenwalk go relatively unnoticed, yet offer great features to those that know about them.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Blob And Conquer now for Windows
The sequel to Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid is now available for Windows. The original game is also available
Read more »- Login to post comments
How to enable font anti-aliasing in Wine
All computer displays show images in bitmap mode. What this means is that every image is really a bunch of tiny little squares that make up the image. What this essentially means is that computers can't display really smooth curves. This guide shows you how to enable anti-aliasing in Wine and even provides a .sh script to do all the work for you.
Read more »- Login to post comments
101 Undiscovered Freebies: The List
We scoured the Internet to come up with 101 innovative, entirely free downloads and services. Here's the whole collection.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Ubuntu 9.04's New Themes
Well, here we go again... it appears the Canonical just uploaded some new and very nice desktop themes for the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) operating system, in order to please their devoted users.
Read more »- Login to post comments
How to install Amarok 2 on Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.10 is coming by default with Amarok 1.4.1 in the repository. I decided to install version 2. To do this, we need to install it from “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main” repository. This small tutorial will show you how to do it using graphical tools and using commands lines.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Ubuntu Version Names and End of life Details
Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Configuring true Ubuntu shared disks
This article describes how you can setup and configuration of iSCSI shared disks, and build a sample configuration of true shared disks and SD secondary servers on Ubuntu Linux. By following this procedure, you should be able to customize your own shared disks and SD secondary servers on Ubuntu Linux. You can also easily adapt the instructions for other Linux distributions.
Read more »- Login to post comments
ubuntu vs gentoo: survival command comparison
In this article we are going to compare some of the most common commands used to manage Ubuntu and Gentoo Linux. Ubuntu and Gentoo are two completely different distributions, but some aspects are comparable.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Everything You Need to Know About Ubuntu 9.04
The newest version of Ubuntu (9.04, codenamed “Jaunty Jackalope”) is set to be released on April 23, 2009. While there are some noticeable differences, much of the improvement in 9.10 can be found under the hood.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Test-Driving KDE 4
For three years, I've been a happy Gnome user. I'm still a happy Gnome user, but I've heard some buzz about KDE 4 lately and figured I'd give it a try.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Plugins Bring Vanilla Gedit a Spicy Kick
Many people are surprised to find that with all the writing I do, hardly any is done with a traditional word processing application. I find it's quicker and easier to use a text editor.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Testing 3.0 - A Sneak Peek at 64 Studio 3.0 and Ardour3
This week, I present two Studio Dave mainstays, the 64 Studio media-optimized Linux distribution and the Ardour digital audio workstation, both of which are in the late stages of development toward milestone releases. I invite my readers to take a look at what's coming our way in 64 Studio 3.0 and Ardour3.
Read more »- Login to post comments
5 Open-source Programs that Give You a Better Outlook on Life
“By the way, can you recommend an open source programme to match Microsoft Outlook?” The request came this morning on my Facebook wall from an old friend named Brian. And since it was recently Brian’s birthday, and he was named Citizen of the Year on Australia Day, I thought he deserved a decent answer.
Read more »- Login to post comments



