So far my first day with Fedora 18 has been quite a pleasant experience. However, I’ve been doing nothing but installing and configuring the OS instead of actually doing any real work. So far I have all my data moved over, some applications installed, and some basic tweaks to the system. Installation Overall I found the installation of Fedorato be fairly straightforward, however I did find t... »
I’m a huge fan of trying new things and expanding my knowledge. That’s how I first got started in Linux as I was bored of Windows and wanted to learn something new. My current OS is Elementary Luna, but it occurred to me the other day that since I’ve been apart of this amazing community, I’ve only ever used Ubuntu derivatives. This is because Ubuntu is the first name that m... »
The latest release of the ever popular Pinguy OS has been released. Pinguy OS 13.04 is loosely based on Ubuntu 13.04. However, this latest release has been consciously marked as a beta release by it’s developer Antoni Norman. What is Pinguy OS 13.04? As mentioned in the introduction, Pinguy OS 13.04 is a linux distribution that is loosely based on the Ubuntu base build. The whole point of... »
On my blog I recently wrote about my “rise to Linuxâ€. Within this article I explained where my love of all things technical came from and why I eventually stuck with Linux, well Ubuntu to be more precise. Whilst writing that article it made me think about why we use Linux variants over other operating systems. Here's why I think we do… Freedom I think this is arguably the most importan... »
What’s in a name, and does it really matter what you call something? Well, apparently so… Over the last couple of weeks the old flamewars of the title Linux versus GNU/Linux have reared their ugly head again. For those that don’t know the difference, or what these two technologies are, here is a quick explanation… Linux Linux is an open source kernel that has been in... »
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... »
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... »