Thursday, May 30, 2013

About Linux: LibreOffice 4.1.0 Beta

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LibreOffice 4.1.0 Beta
The Document Foundation has released version 4.1 beta of LibreOffice with more than one thousand bug fixes and improvements. Highlights include the ability to rotate images in Writer and the option to activate the new Sidebar user interface... Read more

Skype of Linux, Version 4.2
The Skype VoIP software project, now owned by Microsoft, has released an update of this widely used internet chat and telephony application. Highlights of this release include elimination of redundant login steps... Read more

The Linux Kernel
As the name indicates, the Linux kernel forms the core of Linux operating systems. It is comprised of a set of programs that connect software functions with hardware operations and perform other basic procedures related to... Read more



 


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Thursday, May 23, 2013

About Linux: Firefox OS - The HTML5 Web OS

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Firefox OS - The HTML5 Web OS
Firefox OS is a new Linux-based operating system aimed at mobile devices, although components of the project are also useful for notebook computers and desktops. It is based on HTML5 and is designed to overcome the performance disadvantages and capability deficiencies of web applications relative to native applications... Read more

Tcl/Expect for Windows-Linux Interaction
Expect is a command line (console) program that enables automation of interaction with other programs. It is useful for implementing routine tasks such as software testing, backups, or combining the functionality to multiple programs... Read more

ImageMagick - Powerful Programmatic Image Processing
ImageMagick is a free and open source software package for modifying and creating images. Unlike graphics packages such as GIMP that provide tools for manual creation and manipulation of images, ImageMagick is meant to be used by programs to generate and adjust images automatically... Read more



 


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Thursday, May 16, 2013

About Linux: International Space Station Switches to Linux

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International Space Station Switches to Linux
The United Space Alliance has announced that the Windows XP computers aboard the International Space Station (IIS) have been migrated to Debian Linux. The reasons cited include the high level... Read more

Atomiks - Molecular Puzzle Game
Mateusz Viste has reimplemented the fun little science game Atomix changing the spelling to Atomiks to distinguish it from the original version from the 1990's... Read more

Tesla Model S using Linux
The all-electric car Tesla Model S, with a Linux-based on-board infotainment system, has been making headlines recently with record sales numbers and soaring share prices, as well as amazing performance data such as a 300 miles range on a single battery charge, 416 horsepower, 0-60 in 4.2 seconds... Read more



 


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Thursday, May 9, 2013

About Linux: Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal now on Linux Steam

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Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal now on Linux Steam
Two highly popular computer games, Portal and Left 4 Dead 2, are now available on Linux Steam, a system developed by Valve Corporation that streamlines online gaming by providing an integrated method for purchasing computer games over the internet and facilitating multi-player gaming... Read more

Firefox OS Simulator 3.0
Developers have released version 3.0 of the Firefox OS simulator. Firefox OS is a new Linux based operating system for mobile devices and tablets. It's objective is to... Read more

Windows-Linux Connectivity using PuTTY
One of the most popular utilities for connecting to Linux servers from computers running a Microsoft Windows operating system is the open source program PuTTY. It works great as remote... Read more



 


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