One of the reasons why people don’t shift to Linux platform is Gaming. The Linux community has been aware of these problems infesting Linux adoption & have been encouraging developers to develop games for Linux.
Read more »LinuX Gamers Live – A Revolution in Linux Gaming
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Desktop Drapes for GNOME
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This tool allows you to setup a group of images to be used as your desktop backgound. Desktop Drapes can cycle through those wallpapers, changing them at a user-defined period. Desktop Drapes is ideal for those who like to change their wallpaper frequently and would like to set this up to be done automatically.
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Rumors abound: Mandriva to be Sold
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Translate this site from french into english says 2 companies are looking to buy Mandriva assets.
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Learn to personalize your Vim editor with Vim 7.2
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Through this tutorial, Vim users will learn about how basic modifications of font and color scheme can give their editor a personalized look. Readers will be able add their own menu to the menu bar as well as add icons that are full of functionality to the toolbar. They will also learn how to use the spell checker to follow a preferred language.
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Twidge Twitter Client is for Those Who Terminal-ly Hate GUI
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Evilwm folks, you will love it. A twitter desktop client that is completely controlled from Terminal. Twidge is a command line twitter desktop client for Linux. It's feature rich and obviously easy to use.
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Ubuntu with a K
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I do not question the original Choice of GNOME over KDE or any other DE or Window Manager either... My opinion, however, is that this choice of GNOME over KDE is outdated. It doesn’t consider the past and future evolutions of both desktop. I believe that GNOME doesn’t serve the goals of Ubuntu.
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Why there is a Market for Linux Games
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Linux users are starved for quality games - there is no doubting that. Bring up the topic of a Linux port on most gaming forums and you will typically see responses about the market share of the operating system, that Linux users are cheap.
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Botnets exploit Linux owners' ignorance
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Latest Experimental Dropbox Adds AppIndicator Support For Ubuntu 10.04
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The latest Dropbox experimental version adds AppIndicator support as well as finally allows Linux users to change the notification area icon. Here is the complete list of changes in the latest Dropbox experimental 0.8.55
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Managing wallpaper in GNOME
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A lot of users think focusing on wallpaper is pointless. I disagree.
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If Australia censors the web, what will the others do?
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Censorship of the web is a growing problem around the world. According to the independent Open Net Initiative, the number of governments that censor has grown from about four in 2002 to over 40 today.
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Distro-hopping notes
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I had a lot of time available to myself over the past week. Some of that time was spent distro-hopping. Here are a few of the distros and tools I had the chance to experiment with.
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pico projector running linux, small and portable but big in features
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The CVOB-E72 is not only Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) capable but also runs on Linux 2.6.10
The projector comes with a wireless keyboard,a mini tripod and a remote control. This is a portable mini Linux computer with a projector instead of a screen!
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Preparing To Let Go Of GTK+ 2.x For GTK+ 3.0
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GTK+ 2.22 is expected to be the last stable GTK+ 2.x series release before all future development efforts are focused on GTK+ 3. GTK+ 2.22 will be released at the same time that GTK+ 3.0 makes its premiere this September with GNOME 3.0.
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Users want a Linux port of uTorrent?
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uTorrent probably ranks as the most popular torrent client on the web and at any given time (and on any swarm) you can almost guarantee that the majority of peers/seeders will be running one version or another of it.
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