Review: Kubuntu 13.04
May 21, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
It is time to test the third sibling in the Ubuntu family, the one named Kubuntu. So far, we've had Ubuntu, which was somewhat bland. Then we also had Xubuntu, which worked like a charm, except for a kernel oops thingie affecting the entire range, a silly thing to coincide with the official release. The KDE version is next. … [Read More...]
Installation tutorial of XenApp 6.5(Citrix Server) Step by Step
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Follow the steps After inserting the XenApp DVD in the Windows 2008 R2 Server you would choose Install XenApp Server. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
Pinguy OS 13.04 (Final, Yet Beta) Released With GNOME 3.8
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Pinguy OS 13.04 (based on Ubuntu 13.04) beta has been released recently, this being basically the final 13.04 version because Pinguy has decided to keep the 6 month releases as betas and only the LTS will be considered stable.The non-LTS releases will be using bleeding edge software, like XBMC 13.0 alpha or GNOME 3.8 / GNOME Shell 3.8 that's included in Pinguy OS 13.04, which isn't included by … [Read More...]
A New X.Org-Free Wayland LiveCD Released
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
For technology demos and testing, the "first true Wayland LiveCD" has been released that can start Wayland directly without depending upon an X.Org environment... Phoronix … [Read More...]
Video Review: openSUSE 12.3
April 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
What do you think openSUSE's target audience is?== A review of openSUSE 12.3 featuring the KDE desktop. Overall, a polished release with some powerful conf... Video Rating: 4 / 5 … [Read More...]
Today’s Linux News
Installation tutorial of XenApp 6.5(Citrix Server) Step by Step
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Follow the steps After inserting the XenApp DVD in the Windows 2008 R2 Server you would choose Install XenApp Server. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
Linpus Lite 1.9 review
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Linpus Lite is one of those distributions that I’ve always hoped will be done right, considering that it is published by a commercial entity. However, with every release, it manages to fail in taking care of … [Read More...]
Rise of the Ravager released, Interview and Free Keys!
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Rise of the Ravager offers classic arcade action reminiscent of a fast action Missile Command while players blast descending waves of coloured enemies that can only be annihilated by a matching colour bullet … [Read More...]
Amazon expands Appstore reach, gives devs more user data
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Alternative Android store now in nearly 200 countriesLooking to woo more app publishers to its Android Appstore and away from Google Play, Amazon has announced new tools that allow developers to track user … [Read More...]
Latest Tizen sightings: Samsung phone, Intel laptop demo
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Days after releasing version 2.1 of the Linux-based Tizen mobile operating system, Samsung confirmed an upcoming GT-I8805 Tizen smartphone, and Intel demonstrated a laptop running Tizen 3.0 in a GNOME shell. … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Reviews
Review: Ubuntu 13.04
April 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The Canonical developers seem to present more work onUbuntu touch to be employed than with traditional Linux distribution: The technical innovations that … [Read More...]
Review: openSUSE 12.3
April 15, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
I will show you if and how openSUSE 12.3 can redeem itself. Naturally, we will go with the KDE desktop, because Gnome is not an option anymore. My test box will … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Hardware
GCC 4.8.0 vs. LLVM Clang 3.3 Compiler Performance
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
In preparation for the upcoming release of LLVM 3.3, here is an extensive round of C/C++ benchmarks from GCC 4.8.0, LLVM Clang 3.2, and LLVM Clang 3.3-rc1 to … [Read More...]
Unity 8, Mir Made Progress This Week On Features
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Canonical's Kevin Gunn shared a status update for the advancements made by their team this week on the Mir Display Server and next-generation Unity 8 … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Howtos
How To Install Emerald In Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04 [PPA]
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Emerald Window Decorator development may have stopped and the package is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories for a few releases, but there are users … [Read More...]
Setting Up A Subversion Repository On Linux
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Setting Up A Subversion Repository On Linux In this tutorial I'll explain how to setup a subversion repository for PHP Javascript development. The SVN … [Read More...]
Featured Android
HTC One ‘Senseless’ edition running on stock android a possibility [Rumors]
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Here’s more good news for HTC fans. If the latest rumors are to be believed then we may see a ‘Senseless’ edition of HTC One later this summer. The device … [Read More...]
Call of Duty: Ghosts also coming out on PS4
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Activision took up a lot of time at the Xbox event yesterday, enough to make some fans believe Call of Duty was going completely Xbox. Infinity Ward decided to … [Read More...]