Software

Wine 1.5.13 has been released!

Wine 1.5.13 has been released, this bi-weekly developent release comes with some new features and bug fixes. What`s new in Wine 1.5.13? Client-side window rendering using...

OpenIndiana Project Leader Resigns

On August 28, the Project Leader and Founder of OpenIndiana, Alasdair Lumsden, resigned from his position effective immediately. OpenIndiana was the fork of which...

Enterprise Desktop for the Home Office

For the home office, I’ve been searching for a new stable enterprise class operating system to replace my current desktop. I thought it might...

Red Hat Forum 2012 (Brisbane, Australia) – Summary Part 2

This is the second and final part of our Red Hat Forum 2012 summary, which was held in the city of Brisbane QLD, Australia....

Red Hat Forum 2012 (Brisbane, Australia) – Summary Part 1

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Red Hat Forum 2012, which was held in the city of Brisbane QLD, Australia. I...

Microsoft Wins Over Novell in WordPerfect Court Hearing

Does anyone remember WordPerfect? Yes, there was a viable competitor to Microsoft Office at one stage. Back in 1994, Novell bought WordPerfect for $US...

Linux Just Not Ready For Gaming

Until now, I have remained quite reserved about any serious Linux gaming, which seems to have gained quite some momentum thanks to Valve’s recent...

Kernel Development Made Easy? Not yet.

If someone asked me “What is your favorite part of the Linux operating system?”, I would have to say the Linux kernel itself. And...

Wine 1.5.10 has been released!

Wine is a free and open source application that allows users to run Windows software on other operating systems. Wine is always under heavy...

CUPS reaches version 1.6.0!

CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple Inc. for Mac OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems. We Linux users have been using CUPS...

The GUI Bloat Effect

Something dawned on me just yesterday. When using a slim and clean-lined theme or skin on GUI based software, the user can be easily...

Facebook Smartphone Coming in 2013

It’s been on the top of the list of technology rumors for some months but it has finally been unofficially confirmed via Bloomberg, Facebook...

All Platform, All Device Terminal for System Administrators

There’s a general perception that Server System Administrators are short, overweight lonely men with overgrown beards who work in dark dungeon like basements, maintaining...

New look for Nautilus as revamped- Nautilus 3.5.4 arrives

Nautilus 3.5.4 is now updated and has new changes and is available for Ubuntu 12.10, Quantal Quetzal repos. In its new avatar, Nautilus developers...

Makers Tale-New 3D game on JmonkeyEngine

This is a story purely for game developers. While gamers shall have their day out when full version of Maker’s Tale is out, here...

HP and Itanium Future Belong to Linux

HP has been in the industry for a long time. And one of their key industry interests is in the server sector and the...

Wine 1.5.9 has been released!

Wine is a free and open source application that allows users to run Windows software on other operating systems. Wine is always under heavy development...

Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1 has been released!

Firefox 14.0.1 has been released, according to the announcement, in the new release, Google searches now utilize HTTPS, added full screen support for Mac...