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Geekdom: A World of Multiples

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in News

We live in a land of multiples. In the post-modern computer era, geeks were happy with their trusty old computer and a 56k dial-up modem. And for most households, that’s all that was available to them. And not all families and households … Continue reading

Pulse Audio 2.0 is here!

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in News, Software

Pulse Audio is an advanced network sound server. To put it simply, Pulse Audio is a background process designed to accept sound input from a source, and redirect it to devices like sound cards, or other processes.

OSHackers – Find a Linux lover near you!

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in News

OSHackers is a website that aims to count GNU/Linux users and place them geographically using their Linux distribution as the marker. You can visit OSHackers and put yourself on the map, and you can search for people that use Linux … Continue reading

Blender 2.63 has been released! PPA Ubuntu

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in News, Software

Blender 2.63 has been released, The 2.6x series is being targeted at including all work that happened in branches or patches past years. According to the announcement,

GNOME 3.6 is getting serious with Initial System Setup

Written by Alex Diavatis on . Posted in News

GNOME 3.4.1 released a few days ago, but its progress didn’t stop. The releasing cycle for 3.6 has already begun. To be honest, I don’t think that 3.4 release was quite exciting, apart maybe from GTK 3.4 that brought a … Continue reading

Linux. Do it your way!

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in News

I like to think that Linux is about a flexible an operating system as you can find. But it can be easy to forget just how flexible it is. We can get ourselves stuck in our computing habits and stick … Continue reading

Cars running on Android

Written by Emily Cartman on . Posted in Android, opensource

Android is now dominating a lot of industries than just smart phones and tablets. I have covered many topics related to Android use in other gadgets like watches, belts, and even mirrors. And since Android is becoming famous in other … Continue reading

The Children of Linux

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

Linux. It’s really not a hard operating system to learn. In fact, that very first statement is wrong. Linux is not an operating system. Linux  a kernel which is used as the very core to build an operating system around. … Continue reading

Ubuntu Developer Week begins 31st Jan to 2nd Feb 2012

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, Ubuntu, Uncategorized

It is here again; no not a new Ubuntu release but the much awaited Ubuntu Developer Week. It will begin on 31st Jan 2012 and will conclude on 2nd Jan 2012 giving you three full days of action on the Ubuntu ecosystem. … Continue reading

Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin': The Basics of What to Expect

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

Well I think it is about time we have a sneak peek at the development of the next version of the Ubuntu release, 12.04 ‘Precise Pangolin’. We  will be posting weekly updates on Ubuntu 12.04 so that you can get … Continue reading