Category Archives: Software

There is Ubuntu, There is Linux and Then There are Others

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

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The Microsoft Windows users of the world are beginning to experience the pain of the new release of the Microsoft’s flagship operating system, Windows 8.

OpenShot goes cross-platform

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in opensource, Software

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OpenShot Video Editor is a program designed to create and edit videos on Linux.  It can easily combine multiple video clips, audio clips, and images into a single project, and then export the video into many common video formats. It is … Continue reading

Setup your personal Cloud server in minutes using ownCloud

Written by SK on . Posted in Hosting, Linux tutorials, opensource, Software

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ownCloud is a free Open Source software, used to setup your own personal cloud for file sharing, Calender, Contact and Bookmark sharing and Personal Audio/Video Streaming. It is pretty easy to setup and manage.

The Basics of Everything – DNS

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Hosting, Linux webhosting, News, Software

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Following on from our previous post by one of my colleagues, I thought it would be a good idea to dive a little deeper in to the background of the Domain Name Server (DNS). When it comes to the internet, … Continue reading

What About E17 on OpenSUSE 12.3!

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

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It’s no great secret that I have been a long time user and supporter of OpenSUSE. And I am also a huge fan of Bodhi Linux. And between the two of them, they remain among my favorite Linux distributions. One … Continue reading

Vokoscreen: A new screencasting tool for Linux

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in News, Software

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The last few years, many users upload their how-to videos (also known as videorials — like tutorials) in Youtube, showing their Linux desktop and explaining how to do a bunch of stuff. So instead of reading an article or a … Continue reading

Fedora 18: Graphical Installer Horror

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

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I am usually quick to write an article or something on the latest Ubuntu or Fedora release. But for Red Hat’s new Fedora 18 operating system, I thought I’d hold off a little and read some other users opinions before … Continue reading

Introduction to LanyFS

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in interviews, News, opensource, Software

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Back in July 2012, I had the privilege of talking with Dan Luedtke. He was busy working on a new project for his studies, developing a new filesystem called LanyFS (or LanyardFS). After Dan giving me a brief introduction as … Continue reading

How to Securely Share Files Between Linux Systems

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Software

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Last week, I posted a “How To” on how to share files using an FTP server. Unfortunately, FTP is not what is considered secure, for over the internet file transfers. And especially when you’re transferring sensitive data. Thankfully, there is … Continue reading

Adobe bundles Game Developing Tools with new Creative Cloud

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Software

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If you are a keen game developer and have a cache of games hidden away on your desktop, then it will soon be time to bring out an exclusive catalog of your games by signing up for Adobe Creative Cloud … Continue reading