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Clementine 1.1 has released

Clementine is a variety of mandarin orange, so tasty and energy fruit that makes you feel good and healthy. Software-wise, Clementine is music player,...

Linux as an OS for supercomputers for scientific Research

True, Linux has not been able to takeover as a desktop operating system but, you will be interested to note that Linux is by...

Firefox 16, a treat for developers

Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, version 16, keeping up with is newly imposed tradition of "rapid release". Mozilla brings several under-the-hood...

Good to know: Freeware is not Free Software

You will be interested to note that; you can purchase a Free software! That is to say Free Software may not be free and...

Top 5 security Myths about Linux; and their realities

Linux, unfortunately has been long surrounded by myths. Despite the speedy adoption of Linux as mainstream operating systems for enterprises particularly, the common misconceptions...

Blender 2.64 has been released! PPA Ubuntu

Blender 2.64 has been released, The 2.6x series is being targeted at including all work that happened in branches or patches past years. According to...

Imagine Internet without Firefox

In my previous post I analyzed the browser market share and trends prevalent for last 2 years. The analysis yielded interesting facts; firstly Google...

How to Secure Your System

The world of computing and the internet is a very normal and accepted entity to most geeks. But to some unknown, unsuspecting and unfamiliar...

Browsers Growth Analysis 2010-2012 [Infograph]

Gradually our computing trends are changing in favor of cloud. Today we tend to do most of our works in the cloud via our...

Clementine 1.1 RC1 is available!

The Amarok 1.4-inspired Clementine music player, is about to release a new exciting version - the first major one after the stable 1.0 that...

Google Patents Object Tagging Software

While I know it’s not Unix or Linux news, I thought this was pretty interesting. Google has applied for a patent on software that...

Oracle Linux Pavilion at Oracle OpenWorld 2012

There has been demand for Oracle to reinstate the Oracle Linux Pavilion at the Oracle OpenWorld 2012 convention. Oracle is stating that the booth...

VirtualBox4.2 has been released! PPA

VirtualBox4.2  is out,  according to the announcement, the release builds on previous versions by adding new features such as VM Groups which are designed...

Open-Source Software Licenses

To some people’s surprise, even open-source software has a license attached to it. And with that license comes a description and agreement for what...

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...

Exclusive Interview | Alasdair Lumsden

At Unixmen, we were lucky enough to score an exclusive interview with former Project Leader of the OpenIndiana, Alasdair Lumsden. Since Alasdair’s resignation, it has...

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...