By now, you should have already heard of the popular Wine software that allows you to install Windows applications in Linux. There is also another paid application – CrossOver that utilities Wine and comes with a simplified GUI to help you get the job done easier. Now, here’s another software that is as powerful as Wine and as user-friendly as Crossover, and best of all, it is free.
Read more »Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors
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Lamenting the Death of Features
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We have all become accustomed to having new features added to our operating systems and applications: plug and play, USB support, browser extensions, docking station support, dual-head display settings. It's a nice feeling to play with new tools. Except, of course, when some of these features are removed in newer versions of the software later on.
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PAC Manager - Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc
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PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc. You like "SSHMenu"? If so, you must check this tool.
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Spill the Wine, install IrfanView in Debian
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Sure I've tried Wine before. But never successfully. I took the plunge recently, forking over $20 for the Bordeaux GUI front-end for Wine, the non-emulator that allows users of Linux (and Solaris and FreeBSD) to run Windows applications on their Unix-like computers. I decided to use Bordeaux because its developers (or developer singular ...
Read more »Ripping DVDs on Linux
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There are a few different programs for ripping DVDs on Linux. The following details my personal experience with four different applications over the last week and a half.
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Open Source — May the source be with You
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The promise of open source is simply better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
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Garmin and Asus Show nüvifone with Android
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The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 15-18, 2010 will have the Garmin and Asus alliance presenting their nüvifone A50, a smartphone with navigation capabilities.
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GNOME screen lock ineffective in openSUSE Linux
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The screen lock of openSUSE 11.2 can be bypassed by the simplest of means. A reader's report prompted The H's associates at heise Security to investigate. Tests confirmed that a locked desktop session can be unlocked without password by holding down the return key. This causes the GNOME screen saver to crash and unlock the desktop after only a few seconds.
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Metal Blob Solid now supports Medals
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An experimental 1.15 version of Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid has been released. This version allows players to earn in-game medals, by performing certain tasks. You will need to sign up for Medals in order to make use of this feature.
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You can install Picasa in Ubuntu using Repository now!
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Thats true. Now you can install and get the latest updates of Google Picasa in Ubuntu by adding these repositories. Here is how you do it.
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Google Docs the default for Ubuntu?
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Ubuntu is considering including Google Docs as the default office suite for its next netbook release. Ubuntu's forthcoming Netbook Remix (UNR) will very likely not include OpenOffice.org and instead use Google Docs or other lightweight alternatives as the default office tools.
Read more »X-IVi … Human Deluxe (Lucid proposed theme)
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X-IVi is a obvious name for two reasons: 1. The base-theme was “Ivi” (Thank to “nale12″). 2. X-IV means 10.4 (Lucid) and the simple “i” means Design (iPod, iMac, …), but don’t care really about the “i”.
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Novell Admits Deliberately Changing Software Licences (Without Permission)
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The following FOSDEM 2009 talk shows that Novell not only ignores the GPL but that it also disregards other licences that it disagrees with
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Mobile World Congress Preview: All About Android
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Though new smartphones, mobile devices and mobile applications of all kinds are sure to surface at the conference, industry watchers say Google's open source platform Android will grab the lion's share of headlines.
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Delta Informatique Deploys Mandriva for banking system
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Mandriva, with its Mandriva Linux 2009 solution, allowed Delta Informatique to migrate to a reliable and secure environment optimising work time and limiting maintenance and compatability problems.
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