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...]
High-res batch convert EMZ / WMZ grahpics to PNG a.k.a. “liberating your graphics”
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
[img]http://lxer.com/content/Hans_Kwint.jpg[/img] [b]LXer Feature: 24-May-2013[/b]Recently I've been trying to 'minimize' some big 'legacy' MS Word files. When using MS Office to export to HTML (unfiltered), I've found out they're so big because they have EMZ (gzipped EMF) and WMZ (gzipped WMF) files in them, accompanied by large "msoledata-thingies". These WMZ's / EMZ's are (zipped) "container" … [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...]
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 look at the Linux compiler performance. Benchmarks happened from three different systems bearing Intel Core i7 3960X, AMD FX-8350, and Intel Core i3 3217U processors for a diverse look at the performance. 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...]
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High-res batch convert EMZ / WMZ grahpics to PNG a.k.a. “liberating your graphics”
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
[img]http://lxer.com/content/Hans_Kwint.jpg[/img] [b]LXer Feature: 24-May-2013[/b]Recently I've been trying to 'minimize' some big 'legacy' MS Word files. When using MS Office to export to HTML (unfiltered), … [Read More...]
Zend Framework 2 Tool (ZFTool) Introduction
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
ZFTool is an utility module for maintaining modular Zend Framework 2 applications. It runs from the command line and can be installed as ZF2 module or as PHAR. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
ZevenOS 3.1 Neptune Screenshot Tour
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The Neptune team is proud to announce the release of Neptune 3.1. We worked hard and spend a lot of effort in creating this service release for Neptune 3.0. This release features the Linux kernel 3.9.2 and is … [Read More...]
Hands On Embedded Linux Development Training course.
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
LinuxCertified Inc, a leading provider of Linux training and services, announced its next Hands On Embedded Linux Development class to be held in San Francisco Bay Area from … [Read More...]
HP CEO Scorecard: Google Android 3, Windows 8 Zero
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
How does Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman feel about Windows 8 vs. emerging Google Android and Chrome OS tablet and notebook alternatives? The answers emerged indirectly amid HP's Q2 2013 earnings call. … [Read More...]
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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...]
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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...]
LLVM Clang 3.3 RC2 Is Ready For Testing
May 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The release of LLVM 3.3 along with its sub-projects like the Clang C/C++ compiler front-end and Compiler-RT is imminent. A second release candidate was posted … [Read More...]
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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...]
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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...]
New Android malware sends incoming messages to blackmailers
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
It seems like Android is starting to get hit more frequently with malicious malware and this time the trojan can accept incoming messages and pass them onto … [Read More...]