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Does Linux Need Your Help?
Free MacBook Air, anyone? Check out this tweet to find out what you need to do. And if Apple catches your eye, then you should definitely tune in for our live Apple event announcement discussion! Also, did you know that there’s a LockerGnome app that you can download to your smartphone right now? Yep! It’s [...]
Does Microsoft Hate Open Source Software?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Josh represented Microsoft during OpenCamp recently. People were quite confused as to why Microsoft would be interested in Open Source products. While Windows and Linux may be competitors, much of the Open Source applications are not. They run really well in [...]
Manage Your Apple Device on Your Ubuntu Desktop
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Ubuntu Thoughts
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed My thoughts on Ubuntu… hah! I think it’s a Linux distro. I don’t have any issues with the operating system. As far as Linux distros go, it’s likely the easiest to use. Any time I say something about one distro instead [...]
Linux MPX Multi-Touch Table
The Linux MPX Multi-Touch table may not be as sexy as Microsoft’s Surface, but it does show the huge advancements being made in penguin-land. MPX (or Multi-Pointer X) is a modification of the X Windows Server that allows multiple input devices to be used at the same time. All you need to make it work [...]
Shirts for the Linux Geek Inside of You!
Finally, we can grab some hard-core Linux shirts to wear… at the same time we’re donating to the cause! The Linux Foundation supports the development of the Linux Kernel financially, and they’ve come up with a new line of awesome shirts and other merchandise to help out. According a release made public by the Foundation, [...]
Download Center
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Every so often, you may need to download something to make your computer or mobile device run better. There are millions of pieces of software and applications available for every operating system you can think of. To help you find the [...]
Ubuntu 9.10 Screencast
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I recently asked all of you to submit your screencasts to me for review. The best of the best will be chosen to be featured here, in my various channels and outlets. This provides content of a different perspective for our [...]
How to Build Your Own Linux Distro
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Chances are by now you’ve messed around with Linux. And of course, Linux may have messed around with you. Unless you know what you’re doing, it can be a real mess. So, there are distros you can download to help you [...]
What’s Better Than Microsoft PowerPoint?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Did you ever know how most presentations suck? It’s bad enough that people doing them tend to suck, as well. It’s not their fault, though. Most of the presentation software is just not that good. A good presentation shows pictures, and [...]
Compiz Fusion in Ubuntu Inside a Virtual Machine
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Do you Ubuntu? If not, what’s your excuse? You don’t have to run it as your primary operating system, but all the cool kids are using it! Linux is sorta like ice cream – there are a ton of different flavors! [...]
How to Run Linux on Windows (Ubuntu)
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Yes, it’s possible to have Linux and Windows installed on the same PC – and why wouldn’t you have both? You can install Linux using a live CD or even a USB drive. You could also use something like VMWare Fusion, [...]
Linux and Adobe AIR – Can They Work Together?
Adobe AIR is a great way for developers to make desktop applications full of rich content that can be depoyed cross platform. However, up until today those who tried to run AIR applications on Linux had a rough time. The runtime and Software Development Kit (SDK) for AIR was originally released only for the Mac [...]
Windows Vista is a Better Choice than Linux
This is Jimmy65′s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]
Ubuntu How To
This is Sam-M’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]
