Now Mac and Linux are often criticized for the lack of good games available under the two platforms compared to Windows. Perhaps Mac is moving in the right direction towards native big budget games however, Linux is not. We may have WINE ,which is something I will do a feature on, but it doesn’t replace the real game.
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A Peek Under the GNOME Covers
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It’s been two months since I was appointed to the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors to replace Behdad. (And those are some pretty big shoes to fill!)
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5 of the Best Free Linux MySQL Tools
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MySQL is a relational database management system. It provides a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL is the most popular open source database, and is the database component of the LAMP software stack. LAMP consists of the Apache web server, MySQL and PHP, the essential building blocks to run a general purpose web server.
Read more »The Secret Identities of Linux Distributions
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Identity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, and can vary from different perspectives. I, for instance, look at my mother and see... my mother. But I know that there's thousands of people out in the world who see her as their teacher, or their child's teacher.
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Streamlining Software Installation with PackageKit
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Software packaging is one of Linux greatest strengths and weaknesses. If all or most of your software comes from your Linux distribution, managing software installs, updates and removal are a piece of cake. But, it can be a fragmented landscape.
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Social networking platform eXo Social released
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eXo has announced the release of eXo Social 1.0, an enterprise social networking package which supports OpenSocial, under an AGPL licence
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Who Will Show Up to Linux's Steam-Powered Playground?
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DRM concerns notwithstanding, there seemed to be no doubt in many geeks' minds that Steam will bring some much-needed fresh blood to the world of Linux gaming. "It's nice to see Linux finally getting the respect it deserves as a mainstream platform," said Montreal consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard
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Akademy 2010: Aaron Seigo Interview
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In about 6 weeks the biggest yearly gathering of the KDE community starts in Tampere. To give you all a little taste of Akademy 2010, Guillermo Amaral interviewed Aaron Seigo and asked him about his keynote.
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PostgreSQL developers fix vulnerabilities
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Updated versions of the open source database PostgreSQL fix security vulnerabilities in the Perl and Tcl procedural languages for stored procedures
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Ruby-in-Ruby Rubinius reaches 1.0
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The developers of Rubinius, a version of the Ruby language mostly written in Ruby, have released stable version 1.0
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Linux 2.6.34 Kernel Released
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Linus Torvalds has announced this Sunday the release of the Linux 2.6.34 kernel. The release announcement for the Linux 2.6.34 kernel can be read at LKML.org.
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Distro Hoppin`: Puppy Linux 5.0
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Puppy Linux is, by far, my favorite super-lightweight Linux distribution out there. Though lacking some features that exist in the distro giants, the sheer speed and responsiveness of it are amazing. Not to mention the hundreds of tiny little applications that do a great job of handling all sorts of tasks.
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The Consumer Electronics OS War
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There's a major battle for OS domination in the consumer electronic space that may make the ones occurring on PCs and smartphones small by comparison.
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A Random Btrfs Experience
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After all the buzz about btrfs and Ubuntu I figured I’d try experimenting with it a little. So, how did it go?
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When Microsoft hardware works more easily on Ubuntu than XP
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How often have you heard the words "it's difficult to get this software/hardware working on Linux, that's why it hasn't caught the mass imagination"?
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