I have been asked several times why I do not refer to Linux as “GNU/Linux,” or “the GNU/Linux operating system,” or some variation thereof. Most of you are well aware of the controversy around using […]
As part of this years Doctor Who series the BBC are launching a set of 4 free fully interactive downloadable adventure games (referred to as ‘episodes’) for UK viewers (and those who like proxies). The […]
With the biannual list of the top 500 supercomputers the world over released, the following screenshot of a graph showing the operating systems used in those 500 peta-flop crunching machines, and produced by the University […]
Setting up BluRay playback on Linux can be a pretty complicated affair with only certain drive models working correctly and reliance on hacked firmware to get things going. The MakeMKV project have come up with […]
Avant Window Navigator hits version 0.3.2 today, the first major release for the Linux Dock since this time last year. I’m a self confessed Dock-a-holic. I, obviously, have a dock in OS X, i use […]
Here’s a quick run-down of my top 4 favourite screenlets right now. 1. Now Playing – with Inlaid Alt Theme A luscious and slick theme for the default ‘now playing’ screenlet. Has Previous, Play and […]
Tech bloggers have been heralding Windows 7 as the end of a resurgent Linux. Very OTT, in my opinion. A lot of the praise for Windows 7 is deserved as it is, in it’s beta […]
To view Silverlight embedded content on the web in Linux, simply install the ‘moonlight’ add-on for Firefox developed by Novell. (Them what make OpenSUSE!). The add-on is being developed with assistance from the hallowed redmond […]