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 brings Ubuntu 13:04 against the previous version 12.10 include more in the cosmetics category. Had to "Raring Ringtail" not changed some icons of the Unity desktop, most users would probably barely notice the difference. … [Read More...]
m23 rock 13.1 released!
May 19, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
In m23 rock 13.1 there are a lot of visible changes: the web interface can now be adapted with themes, Linux Mint 13 with Mate and Cinnamon was added and you can now install m23 on a Raspberry Pi. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
Desktop Search Tool `Recoll` Updated With Significant Improvements
May 19, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Recoll is a full text search tool for Linux that comes with a Qt GUI, an Ubuntu Unity Lens and it can also be used via command line. The application can find keywords inside documents as well as file names.This featureful desktop search tool can index a huge number of file types. Besides text, html, maildir and mailbox (Thunderbird, Evolution), Gaim and Purple log files, Scribus files, man pages … [Read More...]
Mobile robot app competition offers $25,000 prize
May 19, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Kuka announced a 20,000 Euro Kuka Innovation in Mobile Manipulation Award for innovative mobile manipulation applications using its Kuka YouBot service robot. The open source Kuka YouBot is equipped with omnidirectional wheels and one or two 5-DOF manipulator arms, and runs Ubuntu Linux and ROS (Robot Operating System) on an Intel Atom-based Mini-ITX board. The [...] LinuxGizmos.com … [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
m23 rock 13.1 released!
May 19, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
In m23 rock 13.1 there are a lot of visible changes: the web interface can now be adapted with themes, Linux Mint 13 with Mate and Cinnamon was added and you can now install m23 on a Raspberry Pi. LXer Linux … [Read More...]
Top Ten Sleeper Distros
May 19, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz makes his "Top Ten Sleeper Distros" picks. What's a sleeper? Read and find out. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
Introducing: The Cheapskate’s Corner for Linux gamers!
May 18, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
If in The Funding Crowd we do a weekly review of the Linux games being crowdfunded, here in The Cheapskate's Corner you will find all the current bundles and major sales which include at least a Linux game. … [Read More...]
JULinuXP and JULinOX OS ETPE 2013 Released
May 18, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
It's been a very hard week, putting out two variants of the JULinux distribution. JULinuXP and JULinOX_OS for Mac users. Two different interfaces, for two different types of users, both are very fast, and don't … [Read More...]
Thoughts on Open Innovation
May 18, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
If the phrase “open innovation” has a familiar ring, that’s not surprising. It’s not only a popular buzz phrase, but it has the type of virtuous ring to it that instinctively inspires a favorable … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Reviews
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...]
Review: Pardus 2013 KDE
April 5, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
After getting past the boot menu, I was greeted by a pleasant boot splash featuring the Pardus name above a spinning progress meter on a dark gray background. … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Hardware
Benchmarking The Intel P-State, CPUfreq Changes
May 19, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
On Friday there was the controversial news about the Linux "ondemand" cpufreq governor no longer being fit for best performance and power-savings on modern … [Read More...]
DNF Still Advancing As Experimental Yum For Fedora
May 19, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
DNF is the experimental fork of the Yum package manager that premiered in Fedora 18. While much hasn't been heard of this experimental Yum replacement since its … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Howtos
Securing SSH On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication
May 18, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Securing SSH On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication SSH offers a highly secure channel for remote administration of servers. However, if you … [Read More...]
Install Weather Indicator With New Location And Forecast Fixes In Ubuntu
May 18, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Weather Indicator used to be one of the most popular Ubuntu appindicators but unfortunately, it doesn't work properly any more: it crashes when trying to add a … [Read More...]
Featured Android
Congress Demands Answers From Google Over Google Glass Privacy Concerns
May 18, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The ability of Google Glasses to inconspicuously take photos or videos of subjects without their knowledge has a group of lawmakers concerned about the privacy … [Read More...]
Hangouts updated to correct tablet compatibility issues
May 17, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Nexus 7 and other tablet users can now update to replace the Google Talk app Following its announcement at Google I/O, the new Hangouts app from Google has had … [Read More...]