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Linux Foundation relaunches Linux.com
Earlier this year the Linux Foundation took over control of Linux.com, which had previously been maintained by SourceForge. This week the Linux Foundation unveiled the new face of Linux.com. The new site features blog posts, forums, a list of ...
Flipping the Linux switch: Amarok
Maybe you've got older hardware. Maybe you've had enough of restrictive EULAs. Maybe you've just received a teeny tiny Eee for Christmas (thanks Mom!). Or maybe you've been thinking about making the switch to Linux, but you wonder how you'll live ...
Mozilla release mockups for upcoming Firefox Linux releases
The folks at Mozilla have released the first mockup showing what Firefox 4.0 may look like on Linux... and it looks an awful lot like the Windows version.
Firefox 4.0 isn't due out for another year or so, but the developers have already stated a ...
Shuttleworth to join Linux Foundation
Linux maven Mark Shuttleworth has joined the board of directors at the Linux Foundation, a non-profit tasked with promoting standardization across the Linux platform and protection of the key development structures needed to keep Linux moving ...
The Linux Distribution Chooser
Thinking about giving Linux a shot but don't know which of the many flavors to try? You might find the Linux Distribution Chooser helpful. It's a short quiz that asks you
questions about your computing needs and preferences (and educates you on a few ...
The State of Linux 2006
Tom's Hardware is running an excellent feature called The State of Linux 2006, which examines the progress and pitfalls Linux has met in the past year. It's a long feature, but if it's been awhile since you've poked your head into the Linux world, ...
Microsoft Silverlight comes to Linux, First stop: Moblin
Microsoft has announced plans to bring its Silverlight technology to Moblin Linux. This is the first time the company has mentioned anything about Silverlight running on any Linux distribution. Up until now the only way to access Silverlight ...
The Linux Equivalent Project
Say you've just hopped on the bandwagon and installed Linux, only to find that you favorite program isn't cross-platform and doesn't run too well under WINE. Enter the Linux Equivalent Project. Though it sounds grandiose, it's really just a ...
The Squadcast 07 - Switching to Linux
This week's Squadcast features an interview with one of our own. Kristin Shoemaker joins Grant and Christina to talk about what it takes to switch to Linux and leave Windows behind, for good. Also, we take a look at our five favorite Linux ...
National Security Agency Linux
I was perusing Wired's Worst Tech Moments of 2005 when I ran
across a link to the NSA's version of Linux. As any fan of Linux will tell you, the appeal of the OS is the ability to
change, configure, and re-write the system to meet your exact needs. ...
Internet Explorer for Linux
No, the title of this post isn't a joke. IEs 4 Linux is a Bash shell script that will download and install Internet Explorer versions 5, 5.5, and 6 plus Flash Player 8 on your Linux box (to be run with Wine, of course) without any interaction ...
Google releases Picasa for Linux
I was taken a bit by surprise by Google's announcement today that it has released a pre-beta version of Picasa for Linux. Picasa for Linux runs on "a carefully tested version of Wine" (the not-an-emulator Windows emulator), and according to Google ...
Moblin netbooks are coming - can Linux based netbooks find a market?
When netbooks first started hitting the market, they were low on raw power, storage and profit margins, meaning that they were ideal candidates for running the Linux OS.
Asus, who arguably kicked off the whole netbook market with their Eee PC ...
Dell and Linux - the people's choice
In addition to the sweeping changes in Dell's upper management ranks to help right its slide in sales, Dell is reaching out to consumers for input on products and services at a website called Idea Storm. So far, the suggestion getting the most votes ...
Undelete files on Linux with GIIS
Imagine you just finished writing an important document with your favorite word processor. You hit save, and turn in for the night, satisfied that everything is fine. Unbeknownst to you, something happens as you slumber. Maybe it's a wayward nephew, ...
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
