Category Archives: Linux distributions

Google Looking to Acquire Whatsapp

Written by Emily Cartman on . Posted in Android, News, Software

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Third party messenger service apps have undoubtedly found more takers than traditional messengers. Apps such as Viber, Kakao talk and WeChat are being used by an increasing number of customers. Perhaps the most popular of the third-party messenger service apps … Continue reading

Write a TCP Server in Python. Introduction with Sockets – Part 1

Written by Ambition on . Posted in Linux distributions, opensource, programming, Software, Unix Tutorials

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It is late and I decided to code a simple TCP server in pure Python. But what is a server? Anything that receives connection from other computers called clients is called a server. This server keeps the connection open and … Continue reading

Resolve libudev0 Issue When Installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu 13.04

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Ubuntu

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When installing chrome in Ubuntu 13.04, I got the following error:

How to Install Skype in Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions, Ubuntu

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How to install Skype in Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’?

Unreliable Battery Indicators on Android Phones?

Written by Emily Cartman on . Posted in Android, News, Software

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The accuracy of the Android battery indicators has always been in question. And it may extend to smartphones on all platforms. The arguments, for both sides of the coin are plenty. Modaco, a smartphone news forum, has recently reported on … Continue reading

Google Babble is Now BABEL

Written by Emily Cartman on . Posted in Android, News, Software

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iOS, Android, Chrome, Gmail and G+ to get linked. There have been plenty of whispers about a unified, single messaging service from Google. Purportedly, this revolutionary service would only be available across Google’s own Chrome OS and Android platform. It … Continue reading

HTC Myst: Putting Facebook First

Written by Emily Cartman on . Posted in Android, News, Software

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The social giant Facebook is always looking for novel ways to engage more and more users. Although the much hyped about “Facebook smartphone” never really took off, Facebook is still persistent on grabbing more of the user mind space. A … Continue reading

Confirmed. New Facebook Home Service Coming to Android

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Android, Linux distributions, News, Software

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Less than 24 hours ago, a potentially massive announcement was made by the Founder and CEO of Facebook. The announcement consisted of an upcoming release of a new product to be launched by the social network giant, known as Facebook … Continue reading

Upgrading Slackware 13.37 to 14.0

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux tutorials

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I have installed Slackware Linux version 13.37 and have updated it to the latest version. How did I this? First, add to /etc/slackpkg/mirrors the 14.0 repository. In performed this:  http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/slackware/slackware64-14.0/ Now to sync and update the packages: # slackpkg check-updates … Continue reading

Easy Steps to Setup LAMP in Slackware 14.0

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Hosting, Linux distributions, Linux tutorials

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LAMP is a combination of free, open source software. The acronym LAMP refers to the first letters of Linux (operating system), Apache HTTP Server, MySQL (database software), and PHP, Perl or Python, principal components to build a viable general purpose web server.[1]