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So who likes First Person Shooters (FPS)? I know I do! Call Of Duty, Battlefield and the classic Doom are regulars on my gaming list. So when I heard that the daddy’s of FPS in the forms of Half-Life & Counter-Strike were now available for Linux/Ubuntu through Steam I had to check it out! The original Half-Life and Counter-Strike 1.6 have just gone beta. So that means that whilst they ... »
The Linux family continues to grow. The “freedom” allows anyone to have his/her own custom Linux operating system. This is why there is a Linux for everyone. There are several popular Linux distros based on specific need/category. Hardcore Linux users prefer Arch Linux, Debian or Slackware while the beginners prefer Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Hackers prefer BackTrack or Black Ubuntu while... »
Bodhi Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that is based on Ubuntu. But unlike Ubuntu, Bodhi Linux utilises the Enlightenment (E17) desktop environment instead of the default Unity interface of Ubuntu. As previously mentioned, the whole point of Bodhi is to be lightweight and quick. Bodhi also doesn’t come with many applications installed by default, instead the development team heade... »
Here on RefuGeeks we have not written anything about the exciting news of Steam coming over to Linux (well, more specifically Ubuntu). This has been a deliberate decision as we didn’t want to dangle a carrot in front of our gaming readers only to tell them that the beta was closed to just a lucky few. Well today is a great day for all you Linux gamers because the Steam beta for Ubuntu is now... »
Any one reading this who remembers playing the likes of Cannon Fodder & Alien Breed on their Amiga 600 will love Running With Rifles. Running With Rifles really brings a modern spin to the classic genre of top-down shooters. Rather than try to explain what Running With Rifles is all about, I’ll let the makers of the game, Modulaatio Games explain: RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down s... »
I’m pretty sure that many of the people reading this article will know what Google Drive is, but for those who don’t I’ll quickly explain. Google Drive is a cloud syncing application from Google that allows users to sync data autonomously across computers and to the cloud. It’s pretty much the same thing as other services like Dropbox and Ubuntu One. The problem is that the... »
I don’t know how it is with other GNU/Linux distributions, but recent versions of Ubuntu (such as 12.04 LTS) comes with a set of tools/scripts called ‘pm-utils’ that fine tune the power usage of your mobile computer. It is pre-optimized by default, thus under most circumstances, one doesn’t need to tweak anything manually. However, if you do need to do that, then it is a li... »
Mounting a shared drive in Ubuntu can be quite a confusing process. With many of us having multiple machines and NAS drives at home, auto mounting network locations is becoming a very common requirement in most homes and offices. I have a NAS drive at home that I use for multimedia and I make Ubuntu auto mount the NAS as soon as I log on. Here’s how I do it: First of all you need to run this... »