Category Archives: News

Top 5 security Myths about Linux; and their realities

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in News

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Linux, unfortunately has been long surrounded by myths. Despite the speedy adoption of Linux as mainstream operating systems for enterprises particularly, the common misconceptions about Linux seem to continue. The post enlists five traditional myths about Linux Security and attempts … Continue reading

Ubuntu: Breaking the Industry Barriers

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

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Canonical has come under some heavy criticism in the past couple of weeks with its controversial decision to include Amazon shopping results in the Ubuntu Dash search results. I have to admit, when I first read of the news I … Continue reading

Openshot 1.4.3 has been released! PPA Ubuntu

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

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Few days ago was released Openshot 1.4.3 , according to the announcement this release has more bug fixes, enhancements, and new features than any other release of OpenShot to date!

LibreOffice 3.6.2 has been released! With installation instructions

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

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LibreOffice 3.6.2 has been released! The new release comes with a lot of bug fixes and improvements.

Blender 2.64 has been released! PPA Ubuntu

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Releases, Software

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Blender 2.64 has been released, The 2.6x series is being targeted at including all work that happened in branches or patches past years.

How to install GnomeBaker in ubuntu

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux Mint, Software, Ubuntu

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GnomeBaker is a free CD/DVD authoring application for Unix-like computer operating systems. It is based on GNOME desktop environment.

Imagine Internet without Firefox

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

In my previous post I analyzed the browser market share and trends prevalent for last 2 years. The analysis yielded interesting facts; firstly Google Chrome growth rate is as high as 210% since 2010 while Mozilla Firefox is losing its … Continue reading

How to Secure Your System

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Software

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The world of computing and the internet is a very normal and accepted entity to most geeks. But to some unknown, unsuspecting and unfamiliar users, the whole concept can seem quite strange, almost alien!

Browsers Growth Analysis 2010-2012 [Infograph]

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

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Gradually our computing trends are changing in favor of cloud. Today we tend to do most of our works in the cloud via our web-browsers, from storing files to accessing them, sharing files or collaboratively editing them; every other task … Continue reading

Clementine 1.1 RC1 is available!

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Software

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The Amarok 1.4-inspired Clementine music player, is about to release a new exciting version – the first major one after the stable 1.0 that is aiming to enrich the user experience even more! The first RC has been released today, so … Continue reading