Category Archives: News

NVIDIA 304.64 has been released! A look at new features and Instalation instructions

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Releases, Software

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NVIDIA 304.64  is finally out fixing number of issues and bugs. The posts introduces you to its new features and details installation instructions.

Opera 12.10 Feature Round-up

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in opensource, Releases, Software

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Opera software shortly released Opera Browsers latest version Opera 12.10. The browser upgrade might not be densely feature packed but apart from handful of decent features upgrade, the best thing is that the new release offers something for everyone, may … Continue reading

Google’s iPhone [Funny]

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in News

Google taking over Apple

It was not until today when I downloaded the Google Earth app and placed it on my Home screen on my secondary mobile set i.e. iPhone 4s, that I realized almost all the most used apps place on the panel of main … Continue reading

Ubuntu 12.10 ‘Quantal Quetzal’: Our Final Thoughts

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

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There’s another new, fresh and exciting Ubuntu release out in the wild. As you read this, we can all now accept the great pleasure of what Ubuntu 12.10 ‘Quantal Quetzal’ has to offer.

Why do super computers use Linux?

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in News, Reviews, Software

Why do supercomputers Use Linux?

In our last few posts we discussed the fact that over 90% supercomputers (94.2% to be precise) employ Linux as their operating system. In this post, a sequel to our last posts, we shall attempt to investigate the potentials of … Continue reading

XStreamOS: An Illumos Kernel based Operating System

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

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Being a Technical Writer involves a lot of reading and research of new and emerging technologies. And one project that recently came to my attention through my email inbox was an Illumos kernel based Unix operating system called XStreamOS.

Clementine 1.1 has released

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in News, Releases

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Clementine is a variety of mandarin orange, so tasty and energy fruit that makes you feel good and healthy. Software-wise, Clementine is music player, and yes sir, it still makes you feel that good! You make ask, why should we … Continue reading

Linux as an OS for supercomputers for scientific Research

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Linux distributions, News

lINUX IN SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS

True, Linux has not been able to takeover as a desktop operating system but, you will be interested to note that Linux is by far the leading operating system in computers used in scientific research, sites demanding heavy mathematical calculation … Continue reading

VLC 2.0.4 has been released! PPA Ubuntu 12.10

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in opensource, Releases, Software, Ubuntu

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VLC 2.0.4 has been released, this is a major update that fixes a lot of regressions, bugs and security issues. In this release all playback were improved notably for Blu-Ray, DVD, HLS, Ogg and MKV files; but also for Youtube, … Continue reading

Nvidia 304.60 has been released! Install in Ubuntu (12.10), LinuxMint & Fedora

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Releases, Software, Ubuntu

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Nvidia 304.60 has been released, the new release comes with some new features, improvements and bug fixes.