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Ubuntu Phones, Steam Boxes and FireChrome

2013-02-05T23:44:35Z

I spent most of January sick, and I am not entirely sure that it is completely gone. Still, I feel well enough to write again, and there are a few hot topics that I would like to address. 1. Ubuntu Phones – Early this year, Canonical announced plans to develop an Ubuntu phone operating system. [...]

10 Years of Creative Commons Freedom

2012-12-09T20:48:17Z

If you spend any amount of time around free software users or developers, you know it is all about freedom, not price. A decade ago, it was difficult to share content without stepping on some copyright toes. Creative Commons changed all of that and paved the way for an entirely different type of freedom-conscious community: [...]

Steam on Linux (Beta) is Here

2012-12-06T00:23:28Z

Yes, Virginia, there is a Steam on Linux. And yes, this story is old news. The Steam beta on Linux has been going on for a couple of weeks now, but the important news is that I have received my invite. Behold! the obligatory screenshot: Steam’s new “Big Picture” mode also works in Linux. It’s [...]

Send 10 GB files in Google Drive

2012-11-28T07:47:39Z

Bandwidth caps be damned. Google will apparently allow its users to share 10GB files via Google Drive. Now, even if you have a file one tenth that size, it could be very good for online collaboration and development.

5 Promising Linux Apps Worth Trying

2012-05-17T14:53:24Z

Linux is the free and open source kernel that powers numerous operating systems (or distributions) that users can freely download, install, remix, share, and even sell. Linux is all about freedom, but it also has the benefit of often being free of charge as well. Because of its free nature, there are thousands of free [...]

Linux Game Preview: Tomes of Mephistopheles (Alpha)

2012-04-21T17:37:47Z

Indie game developers are becoming much more receptive to Linux users, and Kot-In-Action has become a household name with its action-packed Steel Storm games. Moreover, the introduction of a Linux client for Desura has made it much easier for game developers to market to Linux gamers. To show its continued support, Kot-In-Action has released an [...]

Managing Users with KDE

2012-04-18T11:19:26Z

KDE Plasma Workspaces provide a graphical interface and lots of eye candy for the desktop Linux experience. Many would argue that it is equal to or even better at this than Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. KDE, however, is not only a graphical frontend for Linux. It comes with a set of applications and [...]

Skullgirls: One Very Weird Game

2012-04-14T14:11:06Z

This new fighting game called Skullgirls is about as weird as a fighting game can get. If Street Fighter could take LSD, this is what the hallucination would look like. Yes, that I means I’m going to download it.

3 Must-Have Apps for Any Linux OS, And My Preferences

2012-03-20T15:02:34Z

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of different GNU/Linux distributions available right now. They are all different in terms of used kernel versions, desktop environments, window managers and set of applications. But all of them have something in common. Whatever OS you use, you must have following three types of applications. Luckily, most Linux distributions [...]

Secure and Encrypt Your Files with Truecrypt

2012-02-12T20:43:18Z

File encryption is not just the stuff of spy movies. There are plenty of practical reasons why you might decide to encrypt a single file, multiple files, or even an entire drive. If you keep sensitive digital copies of financial information such as bank statements and tax returns, you can encrypt them to make sure [...]