Author Archives: Bill Toulas

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Botanicula | Friday Game

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, Reviews

A new Humble Indie Bundle is out and this time it is quite adventurous! The games included are the well known from the past Machinarium and Samorost 2, plus the new Amanita design studios creation named Botanicula. Those of you who will pay more than the average, will … Continue reading

Banshee vs Clementine vs Tomahawk | Reviews

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Reviews, Software

Computers have always been used as music playing devices. Big collections with thousand of songs coming from hundreds of different artists are easily organized using the right application. Many people nowadays, don’t even use a music player to listen to … Continue reading

Interview with Canonical's Jono Bacon | Interview

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in interviews, Ubuntu

The Linux world is preparing for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS official release to use and evaluate the next “big” version of the world’s most successful Linux distribution. Much has been said about the last Ubuntu versions and Canonical’s strategies. Many expressed … Continue reading

Let's fork it! | Friday Game

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

One of the biggest advantages of the open source world is the ability to freely fork whatever you want, with no limitations on what you are going to make out of it.

Interview with Aviv Sharon of Wildfire Games

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0 A.D. is a free and open source ancient warfare real time strategy game, that has drawn a lot of attention around it for a good reason. This game started as a very ambitious project which is always good, but … Continue reading

The Great Jitters: Pudding Panic – Review| Friday Game

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

The Great Jitters: Pudding Panic is a unique action puzzle game developed by the Berlin-based indie game developers team called Kunst-Stoff GmbH. This game has already received many praising critics and awards for a variety of things and platforms. Time … Continue reading

Trine 2 – Preview

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

Trine 2 is the continuation of the magnificent side-scrolling puzzle platform adventure game named Trine. This game is one of the best games that you’ll see this year for the linux platform, and it surely is one of the most unforgetable … Continue reading

Interview with Fabio Erculiani of Sabayon Linux

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in interviews

Fabio Erculiani is the founder and lead developer of the fantastic Sabayon Linux. On this week’s interview, we talk with him about the details of the development, some technical details about “how things work” and the reasons that make Sabayon … Continue reading

Me and My Shadow + Snuggle Truck – Review

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

Another week comes to an end, another weekend arrives with plenty of free time to spent hopefully. 2 new great games for the linux platform (and not only) seek for your attention this weekend. The one is threatening to consume … Continue reading

Interview with Ding Zhou of Ubuntu Tweak

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Ubuntu tweak is a well known application which allows Ubuntu users to tweak various aspects of their system. The founder of the project, Ding Zhou aka Tualatrix Chou, is talking to us about the nature and the usability of Ubuntu … Continue reading