Category Archives: Reviews

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

Proprietary Browser vs. Open Source Browser [Market Share Analysis]

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

open source vs proprietary browser market share

With time open source software have emerged as potential contenders to proprietary software. Unlike the traditional understanding, open source software have proven to be as capable (or even more capable) than counterpart proprietary software and have been successful in claiming … Continue reading

Linux share in Supercomputer OS

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Reviews

linux supercomputer

Linux accounts for as much as 94.2% share as Supercomputer OS! This might come to you as a pleasant surprise, but indeed, Linux outshines anyother operating system when it comes to Linux. Investigation of the latest ranking released by Top500 … Continue reading

How to Customize Unity

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in Reviews

ubuntu-logo

Unity is a shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical for its Ubuntu operating system. It is designed to make more efficient use of the space, given the limited screen size of netbooks, including, for example, a … Continue reading

Android applications to Save your Money

Written by Emily Cartman on . Posted in Android, Reviews

money

I love going through apps in the Play store and this is why I usually come up with cool apps that belong to different categories. This time, I have found some apps to save your money.

Good to know: Freeware is not Free Software

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

save

You will be interested to note that; you can purchase a Free software! That is to say Free Software may not be free and might come with a huge price Tag! Then why is it called Free? And what is … Continue reading

Browsers Growth Analysis 2010-2012 [Infograph]

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

1

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

SolusOS Eveline 1.2 Review

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

soluos

After recently installing the Debian based edition of Linux Mint operating system on my home office desktop, I decided to take a look at another Debian based Linux distribution, SolusOS.

PCMan – an alternative file manager

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in Reviews

linux-file-managers

It’s true that Linux desktop allows you to customize it, change background, themes fonts & icons, add widgets and effects etc… But the most significant change in terms of functionality is File Manager. That been told, today we are going … Continue reading

Enterprise Desktop for the Home Office

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

tux

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 be an interesting read for our Unixmen audience to join me in my quest to find … Continue reading