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NAEV – A 2D space trading and combat game for linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

NAEV is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to Escape Velocity. NAEV is played from a top-down perspective, featuring fast-paced combat, many ships, a large variety of equipment and a large galaxy to explore. The … Continue reading

PlayOnLinux 3.8.5 is available- It is Highly recommended to upgrade to this new version

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PlayOnLinux 3.8.5 is available, this version is a bug fix and is hightly recommended to upgrade to this new version, otherwise you will not be able to use playonlinux.

Back in time- A powerfull and easy to use backup tool for Linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux inspired from “flyback project” and “TimeVault”. The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories. urrently there are two GUI available: Gnome and KDE 4 (>= … Continue reading

The war | Economy strategy game 0 A.D. Alpha 2 Bellerophon is released!

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Wildfire Games has announced  the release of “0 A.D. Alpha 2 Bellerophon”, the second alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source game of ancient warfare. This release comes with victory conditions, fog of war, formations, a new in-game GUI … Continue reading

How to install Oracle's OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 RC in ubuntu|LinuxMint|Debian|Fedora|Centos

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Openoffice 3.3.0 RC1 is released, this new beta release incorporates several fixes and other features. Among the improvements to be found with openoffice_logoOpenOffice.org 3.3.0 include an improved extension manager, spreadsheet improvements, initial integration with the Renaissance Project, printing restructuring, and … Continue reading

MythTV .24 Release Candidate 1 Now Available

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MythTV .24 Release Candidate 1 Now Available, this version  include exciting new features such as a completely rewritten and themeable OSD (On Screen Display), support for 24 bit audio and HD audio formats, initial Blu-ray disc support, experimental support for … Continue reading

ICINGA – An advanced opensource monitoring tool | Nagios fork

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To ensure the continuous development of the popular monitoring software Nagios, a group of active, long standing Nagios community supporters have decided to fork Nagios and open its development to a broader base. Unfortunately this had to be done under … Continue reading

Banshee 1.8.0 is released! PPA for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

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Banshee 1.8 is a stable release, the culmination of six month’s work by 67 programmers, artists, documentation writers, and translators. These notes aggregate the highlights from the 1.7 development releases.  This release comes with meany new features and improvements

OpenOffice.org has been forked under the name of LibreOffice | With screenshots

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The community of volunteers who develop and promote OpenOffice.org, the leading free office software, announce a major change in the project’s structure. After ten years’ successful growth with Sun Microsystems as founding and principle sponsor, the project launches an independent … Continue reading

EDuke32- A first person shooter game for Linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

Eduke32 is  awesome first person shooter game and a cross-platform Duke3D (Duke Nukem 3D) port which provides many new features for mod authors, including an enhanced scripting system and OpenGL renderer. It offers countless platforms on which to build and … Continue reading