If you’ve been wondering how to make the switch, you have to remember these things:
Not all operating systems and applications are the same. One dilemma of people who switch is familiarity with it. Don’t expect it to be totally the same as Windows, Mac, or whatever you’re coming from. The bundled applications […]
The GIMP is usually installed as the graphics editing tool in Linux distributions. You might be looking for ways to use it and you might have tried it already and thought it felt really weird. It’s because it’s different from the default graphics app in Windows which is Paint. It has more […]
If you have been dual-booting at home because of the games you play, there might be a better option. It’s PlayOnLinux. PlayOnLinux is basically a script that lets you run games on Wine. Wine on the other hand lets you run Windows apps in general.
As such, you first need to install Wine. […]
It’s a common expression when people are taking pictures and maybe you would probably end up saying it a lot with the new release of Gnome. There’s an application called “Cheese” which basically lets you play around with images taken by your webcam. (Who says it’s just the MacBook Pro owners who have […]
If you have something to say about the topic, you could answer the poll and post your reasons here. Whether you think it’s a bad thing or a good thing, please feel free to share your thoughts. Maybe you even have suggestions as to how the situation could be handled better in the […]
Yay! There will be packages for Brother printers in Ubuntu Hardy Heron. This is great news for us who have Brother printers at home and at work. :D We have them in the repositories. Awesome :D And Brother made sure it is an open licence, so that means developers could work […]
I read on ZDNet that the manufacturer should worry because it affects the image of Linux. The quote that disturbed me was:
“No, it’ll be remembered as a Linux failure, and that’s a shame.”
Hmmm. I think that it doesn’t really have to come to that. Linux wouldn’t be a failure per se because it’s […]
Looking for ways to interact better with your desktop? You’ve probably tried out various window managers and desktop environments. You probably even tried Gnome Do. If you did, there are also plugins for Gnome Do which you’d probably love.
Installing plugins for Gnome-Do is really a simple matter of downloading a plugin file […]
ShamanTears has
a really geeky tip on updating your Twitter status via the terminal. What you need is cURL. You could search your package manager for it (be it YAST, Apt, or something else) and install it. Afterwards, you just need to do this:
curl -u yourusername:yourpassword -d status=”Your Message Here” http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
Ain’t that […]
No need to hate building apps from the source tarball! Mitch Meyran’s article on How to love free software in 3 steps is really good read.
Compiling a kernel or an app that you need might feel daunting but he does give helpful hints:
Read the manual.
Check out the compile options carefully.
Don’t forget to create backups!
Keep […]
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