Best in-flight movie ever? [Image]
So apparently airlines use Linux to power their in-flight entertainment. And it doesn't always work.
Tag Archives: Linux
[Windows] SlimBoat is a shockingly fast, full-featured, and portable web browser [Mac OS X, Linux]
I am a firm believer that there are great browsers out there that many of us have not tried. Don’t get me wrong, I like Chrome and Firefox as much as the next guy. That being said, I enjoy using SeaMonkey and Maxthon more. H...
[Windows] Money Manager EX is a free, open-source, cross-platform, and easy-to-use finance management program [Mac OS X, Linux]
Regular readers might recall that we recently reviewed Bodega, a virtual storefront for browsing and selecting cool new apps that you might have otherwise missed out on. Well, I was browsing Bodega’s offerings earlier this w...
“Parents talk to your kids about Linux” before its too late [Comic]
In today’s world, using Linux is as easy as using Windows or Mac OS X, thanks to the Ubuntus of the world. However, it wasn’t always like that. In the past, Linux was more geared towards geeks who liked messing with co...
New Java 7 exploit allows hackers to install malware on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux; only fix currently is to disable Java
Perhaps due to their high market penetration, or maybe because of poor coding, Adobe Flash and Java have emerged as the two most widely attacked platforms on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux alike. Indeed Adobe just recently patched a...
Valve CEO: “Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space”
Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve, is an ex-Microsoft employee who worked there for thirteen years. Apparently there are still hard feelings between the two because Newell has just raged against Microsoft’s latest Windows iterat...
Mobile devices are more popular than computers in China
According to a report by the Chinese government’s Internet Network Information Center, 538 million Chinese are online. Those 538 million people own a total of 768 million Internet-accessing devices. Out of those 768 million ...
NVIDIA replies to Linux guru’s middle finger
NVIDIA has replied to the recent comments made by Linus Torvalds about the lack of support to Linux by NVIDIA. While attending a forum hosted in Finland, on June 14, Torvalds spilled out his distaste for the lack of support of Lin...
Linux guru Linus Torvalds gives Nvidia the middle finger for not supporting Linux
Linus Torvalds has often been known for his ‘openness’. In a forum hosted by Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship in Otaniemi, Finland on June 14, he shared his thoughts on Nvidia (again). When asked by a woman about the ...
Popular free image editing suite GIMP updated to version 2.8 with many long-awaited features: here’s what’s new
It’s been a long time coming. Users of the popular GIMP image manipulation program may know what I’m talking about: GIMP 2.8 has been released. It’s three years in the making, and it brings may oft-requested feat...
Create mobile (iOS/Android), flash, and HTML5 games with or without code knowledge using StencylWorks
Some posts ago we brought to your knowledge Unity, a heavyweight video game development tool. Now we present you a simpler tool, one that creates 2D games, StencylWorks. HOW DOES STENCYL… WORKS? Not sure to be honest. Here a...
Virtual Machines, Part One: What, why, and how
Not to be confused with virtual process machines, virtual machines are, as Wikipedia puts it, “a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine”. They’re op...
Wubi: Get a taste of Linux without the pain – install Ubuntu like a program in Windows
Windows is a great operating system, but want to know just how green the grass is on the other side? Try Wubi, a Ubuntu installer for Windows. The cool thing about Wubi is it installs Ubuntu like a program onto your computer, requ...
Recover (crack) forgotten Windows passwords with Ophcrack
Forget your Windows password? Yes? How are you going to log in! If you don’t know your password, it can really take away from that whole “using of the computer” idea. Thankfully, a bunch of Swiss developers have...