Classic FPS (First Person Shooter) Duke Nukem is set to come to Linux via Steam in the very near future. Anyone who is a fan of FPS games, like myself will be familiar with the awesome Duke Nukem series of games. In particular, the version that is being released is Duke Nukem 3D Megatron Edition. Which includes the basic Duke Nukem 3D game and three expansion packs – Duke Caribbean: Life̵... »
Back in December we wrote about a new website that we have produced as a protest to get Google Drive for Linux. Since then Drive4Linux has been a big success yielding over 1,200 signatures on the petition at the time of writing this article. I originally created the petition after hearing nothing about the development of a Google Drive for Linux client for nearly a year. The only update was a comm... »
Great news for anyone who regularly tweaks Ubuntu, which, let’s face it is most of us. The Unity Tweak Tool has now been added to the 13.04 Raring Ringtail official repositories. What this means is that the Unity Tweak Tool is now available for install direct from the Ubuntu Software Centre. For those that don’t know, The Unity Tweak Tool gives users more granular control so that they ... »
Being a Linux user is great, you have freedom to do what you want with your machine, you can theme it, change it and even re-write the code if you like. However, because of the relative lack of popularity among the Linux community, there are times when we don’t quite have all the applications and services available to other operating systems like Windows or Mac. Most people know Dropbox, and... »
For those that don’t know, Ubuntu GNOME is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that ships with GNOME Shell by default, instead of Unity. The distro also includes other GNOME applications that aren’t available by default in Ubuntu. It was announced today on the Ubuntu Gnome Shell Remix mailing list that as of the 13.04 release, they will receive the new name of Ubuntu GNOME and will be a... »
Yesterday HP yet again dipped their toe into the pond of open source loveliness by launching this rather sexy looking all-in-one device, the HP Pavilion 20-b101ea in the UK (it’s a shame the name isn’t quite as sexy). Historically all-in-one devices such as the HP Pavilion 20-b101ea tend to be quite expensive, but with this little gem costing a mere £349 you have to wonder why it&... »
Back in December 2012, Richard Stallman (RMS) famously wrote a blog post on the Free Software Foundations site titled “Ubuntu Spyware: What to do?“ This “Ubuntu Spyware” that RMS talks about within the article is of course the Unity Amazon Lens. Just in case any of you have been living under a rock for the last few months, the Amazon Lens introduced in Ubuntu 12.10 basicall... »
As many of you know, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail is just around the corner, and the usual Ubuntu Wallpaper Contest is well on it’s way. For those that don’t know, the Ubuntu Wallpaper Contest allows contributors to submit wallpapers for inclusion in the official Ubuntu 13.04 wallpaper list. The chosen wallpapers will be packaged up along with Ubuntu when it’s released for you to... »