For those of you who ave ever tried Linux Mint, a distro which is run off the back of Ubuntu, you will have noticed that it has it's own special and somewhat unique gnome menu to select your applications to run, folders to browse etc
Read more »PlayOnLinux 3.8 is out! Major new features : Record games, wine import, Cedega import, Offline wine
PlayOnLInux 3.8 is now available ! This new version comes with a lot of new features and fixed many bugs, some plugins are now integrated in this software, adding a lot of features like for example: Capture - a new feature that allow you to record your games while playing, Other new features are wine import, Cedega import, Offline wine and more.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Google adds Linux support to voice and video chat
Google has announced that it has now officially added Linux support to its voice and video chat service, which was originally introduced in November of 2008
Read more »- Login to post comments
Where to Download Free VirtualBox Images (.vdi) and How to Use it
If you are always in the mood to try other Linux distros or operating systems, you may find this a time-consuming process.So what should you do to save some of your precious time? You may download a VirtualBox disk image (.vdi) file of your preferred operating system. Now, where can you download free VirtualBox images?
Read more »- Login to post comments
Is Oracle Taking OpenOffice.org Closed-Source?
Today I downloaded and installed the latest stable version of OpenOffice, version 3.2.1. There were a few things that I noticed that gave me great reason for concern. Based on what I saw, I have serious doubts as to whether OpenOffice.org will continue to be free software/open source.
Read more »- Login to post comments
7 Sources of Free Sounds for Multimedia Projects
In my posts 11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try This Year and How To Do 11 Techy Things In the New School Year I mentioned podcasting and video creation. When creating podcasts and videos adding music and other sounds can enhance your students' presentations.
Read more »Making a Starry Filter Effect in GIMP
Photographers use Star Filters sometimes to really make the highlights stand out, but if you do not have one you can use GIMP to reproduce the effect.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Lightweight Linux Desktop Alternative: Xfce
GNOME and KDE may be the first desktops that come to mind when you think of the Linux desktop, but they're not the only ones.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Awoken - Brilliant Icon Theme For Ubuntu/Gnome
We introduced to you guys probably the best combination of gtk theme and icon set for Ubuntu/Gnome[Equinox gtk theme + Faenza icon theme]. Now take a look at Awoken icon theme. I won't say it is better than Faenza icon theme, but it is almost as good.
Read more »- Login to post comments
New Ubuntu Unity video trailer released
Canonical have just released a video trailer of the forthcoming Ubuntu Unity interface for netbook computers.
Read more »User friendly showdown: Ubuntu 10.04 versus Windows 7
So recently I have written a lot about how user-friendly Linux has become. Naturally the nay-sayers have spoken loudly and insisted that Linux is far, far behind Windows in the user-friendliness category. So, I decided I wanted to figure out a way to test this argument to see which operating system was, in fact, more user friendly.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 5 – Dreamlinux
Just getting Dreamlinux Installed or running in anything but a VM has been a nightmare. It kernel panicked when booting from a flashdrive, and installation failed repeatedly.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Make use of the KDE 4.5 Clipboard
In this article I am going to introduce you to the Klipper tool contained within the KDE 4.5 desktop.
Read more »- Login to post comments




