I’ve been using Linux now for a pretty long time. I started in the mid-90s, and have been using it ever since. One of the most common criticisms I hear about Linux is that there’s just too many distributions. It only takes a quick trip over to DistroWatch to see that there are a ton of distributions out there. The front page ranks the top 100 distributions according to their page hit r... »
Good news for Ultrabook lovers, especially for those who use Linux… Back in May Dell announced project Sputnik. The aim of Sputnik is to enable OEM’s to bring Ubuntu to mainstream laptops, now the dream for those developers & users who wanted a PC with a Penguin inside has come true. Project Sputnik is live and the good news is that it will be based on Dell’s XPS 13 Ultrabo... »
Firefox OS, codenamed ‘Boot 2 Gecko’ is a fully web-based mobile OS that Mozilla hope will take the smart phone market by storm. This of it like ChromeOS for your phone.Having Linux underneath (like Android), Firefox OS will support all of the good stuff you have become accustomed to in your smart phones including open HTML5 web apps (again, like Chrome).Firefox are releasing daily bui... »
A new blog called Valve Linux has arrived, put together by a team of Linux developers that are on a mission to “strengthen the gaming scene on Linux, both for players and developers.” The team was set up last year, and have they been experimenting with porting Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu. Here is what the guys at Valve had to say: [quote]We're just starting development and workin... »
[hr] Many people reading this article will be aware of the Raspberry Pi, a $30 ARM computer designed to help people get started with developing. I have a Raspberry Pi myself but I haven’t really had a chance to play with it yet. Once I do though, I’ll write about it. The Raspberry Pi is selling like hot cakes but there may well be a new kid on the block that is set to take the Raspberr... »
All my systems at home are running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the standard Unity interface. Linux Mint 13 was recently released along with the Cinnamon interface. I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Cinnamon but I haven’t tried it since it was in Beta. So I thought I would put it on my laptop and take it for a test drive. This article will explain my findings and what I personally ... »
I’m sure most of you know that I am an Ubuntu user predominately. Therefore, I don’t really use Microsoft Office, however – I still do use Microsoft Office on my work Laptop (it runs Windows 7) and I have used it for many year since the 1997 version. But is Microsoft Office worth the £250+ price tag that you pay for some versions? In short, the answer is NO. This is because ther... »