GhostBSD 2.5 review
linuxbsdos.com: GhostBSD is a desktop distribution based on FreeBSD. It comes as an installable Live DVD image and is developed by Eric Turgeon and Nahuel Sanchez. The latest edition, GhostBSD 2.5, based on FreeBSD 9.
DesktopLinux & LinuxDevices acquired...
DesktopLinux.com's publisher, Ziff-Davis Enterprise, has been acquired by a Californian company -- as yet undisclosed, but rumored to be Foster City-based QuinStreet. Future plans for the site have not yet been announced ...
Compiz Is Likely To Get The Boot From Fedora 17
phoronix.com: While Fedora 17 has a massive amount of features to look forward to, updates to Compiz is likely not on the agenda.
Linux games compilation 11 - Don't fear the numbers!
dedoimedo.com: It's been a while since I've last written a mega-game compilation. You may believe that I've given up Linux games. Not at all. Linux gaming is alive and kicking. Not moving forward quite as fast as I'd like, but some games are making tremendous progress.
The Best Calendar App for Linux
lifehacker.com: Linux users have a few calendar programs to choose from, but none of them are particularly spectacular—in fact, most of them aren't very good at all. As such, we're bending the rules of the App Directory and recommending that you use the awesome Google Calendar.
Comment: Unity can't go it alone
h-online.com: Open source experts like Red Hat and SUSE learned long ago how difficult and often unwise it can be to try to establish bigger projects with just their own distributions. If Canonical realises this, too, and changes its methods of operation accordingly, the Unity desktop will have a much better chance.
Which Firefox is right for you -- 10, 11, 12 or 13?
betanews.com: Following on from the release of Firefox 10 FINAL, Mozilla has updated its developmental branches to versions 11 (Beta), 12 (Aurora/UX) and 13 (Nightly) respectively.
Anaconda to the Rescue
agrimmsreality.blogspot: I've always been a fan of the flexibility of anaconda and kickstart not just for installing systems, but also for rescuing a system when something goes horribly wrong.
PCLinuxOS 2012.2 Released
ostatic.com: Today, February 2, is Bill "Texstar" Reynolds' birthday, but it's the community who received the present. PCLinuxOS 2012.2 KDE was released today in a full sized version as well as a mini.
Free Software Is Just Fine
Switching From Windows To Linux Easy With Zorin OS
makeuseof.com: Despite the many reasons why people preach the use of Linux, actually going through with the switch is a completely different story.
GIMP 2.6.12 Released - The Final 2.6
gimp.org: GIMP 2.6.12 is a bug-fix release in the stable GIMP 2.6 series. Its purpose is mostly to wrap up all fixes that have piled up since 2.6.11 into a last release in the stable 2.6 series before we switch to 2.8.
Spark answers
aseigo.blogspot: I'm going to attempt to answer as many questions about the Spark tablet as possible here. The questions I'll be answering are ones found in comments in my blog, on discussion sites around the Internet and that came in by email or irc. Let the fun begin!
Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released
- Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released
- Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
The Hunt for Unobtrusive Chat
blog.lasath.org: Once apon a time, Instant messaging or 'Online Chat' was a primary task on it's own. However, over the last few years, not only have we started to rely more on it, but it's also become more of a secondary (or even tertiary) task.
The Drupal Release Model and Why it Needs to be Revamped
cmscritic.com: Drupal today released a total of four versions of the popular open source CMS. Yes, I said four. Drupal 6.23, 6.24, 7.11 and 7.12 releases were put on the servers today.
Why I Switched To Duck Duck Go
ghacks.net: Some time ago I started to look into Google Search alternatives. This had a number of reasons, from too much noise on Google results pages over deteriorating quality to privacy concerns.
2012 Linux Computer Buyer’s Guide
maketecheasier.com: With the coming of a new year, it is time to take a look at the Linux computer offerings and see which distributions you can get shipped to your doorstep.
Review: Installation and first Look: Fuduntu 2012.1
ericsbinaryworld.com: Fuduntu started off as a customized Fedora install, but recently forked Fedora to create their own special distro that borrowed a bit from Ubuntu and a bit from Fedora. It has a very nice look when it first starts up and I almost forget that it’s Gnome 2.x:
Raspbmc - XBMC Linux Distribution For Raspberry Pi Announced
ubuntuvibes.com: $25 credit card size ARM Linux PC Raspberry Pi is getting lots of love from community. Now a specific Linux distribution Raspbmc is being developed for Raspberry Pi.
