Author Archives: anuradha.shukla

Caramageddon sequel arrives for Linux

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, News

camarageddon-logo

Carmageddon Reincarnation, the highly-enjoyable game has been backed by crowd-funding KickStarter, with gamers from the open source waiting for the native client release.

Oracle Vs Google: The issue of copyrighting ideas

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Software

The issue of Oracle challenging Google on the use of Java APIs may, on the surface, appear to be a case of IT corporate establishing themselves on a common turf. However, the implications of these digital corporate wars are serious. The ongoing … Continue reading

MATE Desktop version 1.2 arrives- Install in Ubuntu 11.10 & 12.04 Precise Pangolin

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Linux Mint, News, Software, Ubuntu

MATE a traditional desktop environment that forked from Gnome 2 and is available as for those users who want the original Gnome 2 environment. The name ‘mate’ is derived from the South American beverage called mate that is made from the … Continue reading

The Banner Saga arrives for Linux

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, News

Stoic is an independent Studio, which has used the skills and talent of a trio of ex-BioWare developers, Alex Thomas, Arnie Jorgensen and John Watson, to build an all ‘new role playing’ turn based strategy game that, seemingly, has won fans across all … Continue reading

Unity 5.10.0 arrives for Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

Unity 5.10.0 is now under build for both 2D as well as 3D and is on course to be available when Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin arrives at the end of the month.

Why developers should look at ‘Open Octave’

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Uncategorized

Project Open Octave Studio, is the open source software for musicians to compose and create digital audio and is ideal as music production software as well as a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).

Is Steam coming to Linux ?

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, News

Valve Corporation, the developer of Steam looks all set to bring to the Linux platform, believe indie game players and developers. While there are seasonal rumors on this, this time around there appears to be a lot of ‘Steam’ about … Continue reading

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) To Keep Date on 26 April, 2012

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

Six month’s after Ubuntu’s previous release, Oneric Ocelot (Ubuntu11.10) Ubuntu’s next release, is the Ubuntu 12.04 called Precise Pangolin. Unlike recent releases this will be a Long Time Support (LTS) version, which means that it will continue to be supported … Continue reading

LINUX TYCOON a Distro simulator for some great fun

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Uncategorized

Linux Tycoon, is a new genre of Linux games that gives gamers a great new simulation game to explore. Here is why the game is going to top gaming charts for a long time to come. First of all, this … Continue reading

The Linux Foundation points out Microsoft as one of the Top 20 kernel development contributors

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, opensource

The latest report by The Linux Foundation, for the year 2012, holds lots of surprises. The top surprise is of course, is that of the most unlikely contributor to Linux kernel development- Microsoft Corp. – at No.17, in a Top 20 list!  The financial figures … Continue reading