Reviews

Why do super computers 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...

RHEV:  Unleashing the Power of Enterprise Virtualization

Introduction In today's digital world, organizations are always looking for ways to optimize their...

Run Android 4.3 “Jellybean” in VirtualBox

Hello Unixmen readers. It's been a long time since I have wrote an article for our website. Today we'll check out one of the...

DSTAT: Versatile resource statistics tool

Introduction Whether a system is used as a web server or a normal PC, in a daily workflow, to keep under control its usage of...

Remove duplicate files with fdupes

Introduction Sometimes we all need to find some duplicate file in our system; this is a very tedious task, expecially if we have to do...

The Text-based Web Browser: The Alternative

We live in a flashy world when it comes to the world-wide-web. With most websites carrying a lot of flashy graphics, banners and advertisements....

15 Weird/Surprising devices and Systems that run on Linux

It's incredible to see how Linux runs on devices of various sizes, power and built for diverse purposes. Linux is, like technology itself, deeply...

Linux and Windows Weighed Up

I was introduced to the Linux world two years ago and I was amazed by its performance. I did not know much at that...

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

With time open source software have emerged as potential contenders to proprietary software. Unlike the traditional understanding, open source software have proven to be...

Haiku: A New Kind of Operating System

I have been having an absolute blast of a time testing out a new operating system for this article. It is called Haiku. It...

Pebble. The smartwatch with Linux at its heart!

Do you think the wrist watch era is over and soon the wrist watches will be doomed to the graveyard of floppy disks, cassettes,...

The Brief History Of Aix, HP-UX, Solaris, BSD, And LINUX

Always remember that when doors close on you, other doors open. Ken Thompson and Dennis Richie are a great example for such saying. They...

rollApp: A Firefox Extension for Viewing and Editing 100+ Types of...

rollApp is an extension for FireFox browser that let's you view and edit doc, xls, pdf, zip, rar and other 100+ types files directly...

The top web security threats

It is very unfortunate that websites are prone to attacks that could damage them completely. These attacks are what we refer to as security...

Linux share in Supercomputer OS

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...

Debian 8, Codenamed ‘Jessie’, Review

We've spoke previously about how much respect Debian has around the Linux paddocks. With the release of Debian 8.0 (Jessie), let's take a look...

Would Microsoft Surface be able to keep up with Android Tablets?

The technology Giant Microsoft has ventured in the tablet making business following the foot steps of Google and Apple. The tablet Surface is obviously...

Onda V80 SE Tablet Review

Before you get up in arms about how Unixmen is about Linux and open source, let me just say that these product reviews will...