If the idea of using Linux in your business is one that makes you nervous, chances are you've fallen prey to one or more of the many myths out there that are frequently disseminated by competing vendors such as Microsoft.
Read more »Two Free Linux Civilization-Like Games: Freeciv and Freecol
While most of the proprietary games get all the attention on Windows, on Linux it's the other way around. Of course, this is because we're stuck with only few choices for mainly any type of game, from arcade to shooters or strategies. But there are good, if not great, alternatives in Linux.
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13 tuxtastic Linux Games
Get on your tuxedo’s - MyGaming pays respect to our oft-forgotten PC gaming brother, the Linux user. MyGaming thought it was high time to do another Linux compatible gaming round-up. A lot of these games support multiple platforms, and not just Linux, because Linux programmers are cool like that.
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KDE and the Expansion of the Desktop
Last week, when I wrote "7 Things You Can Do in KDE, But Not in Windows," I assumed that anyone who was interested in the KDE 4 series had already explored it. However,
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How to install thunderbird 3.1.3 in Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid) using PPA
Mozilla Thunderbird is a total redesign of the Mozilla mail component to produce a cross-platform, stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It has many new features, among them the ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them.
Read more »The Key to a Successful Linux Conversion
People are resistant to change. This is a fact and it is not going to change any time soon. Because of this they will not want their entire computer to change on them all at once. An important fact that a lot Linux Advocates miss is that the conversion to Linux starts on Windows or OSX.
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Sqlkit - Edit data in a database
Sqlkit provides a GUI named sqledit to edit data in a database, as well as a package (sqlkit) in PyGtk. Sqledit (the application) can be run from the command line with arguments and will pop directly into the table/mask of the data, or without arguments and will present an input mask to write the database URL.
Read more »C++ Help: Installing and Using Code::Blocks On Linux
As a web page designer, programmer, and host it is very useful to know the popular Php programming/scripting language.
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Mozilla Labs launches browser-based gaming project
Mozilla Labs has launched a new project, simply called Mozilla Labs Gaming, aimed at helping tame developers create games for the web using open web technologies, such as HTML5, WebGL and fast JavaScript engines
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How Stock Photo Agency YayMicro.com was Created Using Only Open Source Technology.
Instead, every piece of technology was chosen from the open source community. Here is the story of the technology behind stock photo agency YayMicro.com.
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Help an Old PC: Give KDE 3.5 the Oxygen Touch
I mentioned in my review of Kubuntu 10.04 Trinity that while the Trinity revival of KDE 3.5.11 has huge potential as a new contender in the field of DEs for old computers (competing with Xfce and LXDE, among others), KDE 3.5 looks pretty bad.
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Firefox 4 Set to Improve Security
Datamation: "The race to accelerate browser features continues as Mozilla developers race towards the finish line to get the finished version of the Firefox 4 Web browser out the door."
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A Different Way to Manage Your Linux Desktop: GNOME Shell Looks Promising
GNOME Shell is a window manager designed specifically for the upcoming GNOME 3 desktop, with the intention of offering a rather different way of interacting with the desktop, providing a workspace which hardly resembles the classic desktops.
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Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin Offers Sneak Peek at 2010 End User Summit
The Linux Foundation rolled out it's speaker lineup for its invitation-only 2010 End User Summit slated to be held October 12-12, 2010 in New Jersey.
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