Software

Linux Gaming: A State of Affairs

As everyone knows, generally Linux has never had a strong argument against Windows OS when it comes to gaming. 9/10 people will say they...

Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Released

We have another Puppy in the Precise series. The new version of Puppy in Precise series was announced and is called Precise Puppy 5.7.1....

Kingsoft Office Alpha 11-patch 2 Deserves Respect

For the last couple of weeks I have been testing out Kingsoft Office Alpha 11-patch 2 in the Unixmen office. I have enjoyed my...

Apple Source Code Reveals Some Interesting Details

Disclaimer: First things first - Apple, Mac OS X and iOS are NOT free and open-source software technology. Before reading ahead, it's important our...

32bit vs 64bit. The War Continues

When AMD64 (AMD) and EM64T (Intel) CPU technology was new and ready for the prime market, there was much talk about whether the real-world was ready...

Run Android 4.3 “Jellybean” in VirtualBox

Hello Unixmen readers. It's been a long time since I have wrote an article for our website. Today we'll check out one of the...

Secure and Prevent Files from Accidental Deletion with Chattr Command

There are plenty of tools and methods out there to secure and prevent your files and folders from accidental deletion. chattr is one of them....

Padre Review – Perl Scripting Environment

I am currently working on a personal programming project. Once completed, the eventual binaries will actually be launched by either running a Python or...

Organize All RSS and Social Network Feeds Under One Roof with...

Since Google Reader is now officially closed, we are all searching for the best alternative. We have already written an article about Tiny Tiny...

systemd on Gentoo

This tutorial is a guide to help setting up systemd on Gentoo. systemd is a modern sysvinit and RC replacement for Linux systems. This article...

Pf vs iptables, Untangle, Pfsense – Why not both?

My name is Jacob Graham and I am a Junior Systems Administrator in Victoria, Canada. This will be my first writing for Unixmen and...

How to Extract Images from PDF Files with pdfimages

This article is going to be a bit different than other articles I have published previously. You guys have learned a lot about Linux...

WINE 1.6 Has Been Released! PPA Ubuntu 13.04 and Linux Mint...

Wine 1.6 has been released. According to the announcement, the new release is a result of 16 months of development efforts and comes with...

MS Windows XP SP3 Lives on… As a Virtual Machine

There you have it-I said the “W” word—Windows. I guess I should probably elaborate a little more about what I am raving on about....

How to Access Remote Systems from Anywhere Using Google Chrome

There are many tools out there to view and control your systems remotely such as Teamviewer and VNC etc. But if you have Google...

Introduction to SSH

Introduction What is SSH? Why use SSH? SSH is a network protocol similar to telnet or FTP, yet slightly different because it offers secure data communication....

SecureGmail: Send Encrypted Emails from GMail with Google Chrome

Now a days sending/receiving secure emails to/from is a bit challenging task for everyone. Even if we more cautious, some time we will be...

New Unix Chips Coming

At the upcoming Hot Chips Conference in late August, Oracle, IBM and Fujitsu are all set to announce the release of new high-performance Unix...