Reviews

Meet Jolla, A Linux Smartphone

I had never heard of Jolla until the day i met a very nice guy in Europython that introduced me to Jolla smartphone and...

Precise Puppy 5.7.1 Released

We have another Puppy in the Precise series. The new version of Puppy in Precise series was announced and is called Precise Puppy 5.7.1....

Kingsoft Office Alpha 11-patch 2 Deserves Respect

For the last couple of weeks I have been testing out Kingsoft Office Alpha 11-patch 2 in the Unixmen office. I have enjoyed my...

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...

Padre Review – Perl Scripting Environment

I am currently working on a personal programming project. Once completed, the eventual binaries will actually be launched by either running a Python or...

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...

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...

Meet Puppy Linux

Many geeks know about Puppy Linux and use it for their daily needs, but there are many others that have not heard about Puppy....

eStudio (Baseline) Code Preview

A couple of months ago, I got word of a project that an acquaintance of mine as working on. Information...

ElementaryOS Beta 1 and 2 Comparison and Review

Now I'm sure everyone knows that I love Bodhi Linux, very much. I rant on about it how good it...

Debian 7.0 ‘Wheezy’ Review

Just short of two weeks after the big release of Ubuntu 13.04 'Raring Ringtail', I had Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' arrive...

Top Linux Distributions, 2012

2013 is just around the corner and it’s time to wrap up the Linux world’s happening for 2012. So let’s start with a most...

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...

Android taking over iOS, Market Share Graph

Apple might take the crown of introducing iPad back in 2010, Android has made tablet technology much more accessible. The latest report by ABI...

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 File System Test for USB Media

So you got yourself a shiny new USB drive and are not too sure what file system to format it with. Sure, FAT is...

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...

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...