Per Aaron Seigo, the once-hotly anticipated –and still hotly-anticipated-by-me — Vivaldi tablet is in the very final stages of design. Many of the necessary components are in place and the new design belongs almost entirely to the Plasma Active team. Many of you might remember that we’ve covered Plasma Active and the Vivaldi tablet quite [...]
Nvidia Releases 319.23 Driver, Neglects Major HDMI Regression
Hot on the heels of Nvidia’s new GTX 780, the new top-of-the-line for consumer video cards, Nvidia did not spare 24 hours before releasing version 319.23 of their Linux driver. What’s new in this release? Well, a whole lot of everything, including support for the GTX 780 itself! Here is a brief overview of the [...]
Debian Project, Community, Mourns Loss of Ray Dassen
The Debian Project today is mourning the loss of legendary Linux developer Ray Dassen. Ray Dassen served the Linux community and Debian at large for nearly all of Debian’s life, having joined the project in the very beginning working hand-in-hand while the project’s founder, Ian Murdock. I an addition to being quite possibly the oldest [...]
World of Goo Developer Debuts Little Inferno For Linux
Burning stuffed penguins in Linux Developer of the mega-successful casual strategy gem World of Goo is back, and this time they’ve brought Linux along for the first ride! Tomorrow Corporation‘s much anticipated, already award-winning indie game Little Inferno is now available in the Humble Store, and we can’t wait to play it! So, what’s this [...]
Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 Reaches %75 Package Compatibility, Maintains Existence
GNU/Hurd — the completely free, Stallman-born kernel — continues to live on through its latest Debian-ized release. And what better delivery mechanism than the most stable and most glacially released distribution out there — Debian! While GNU/Hurd is still not considered production-ready, and may not even get there, we are still amazed to see releases [...]
ReKonq Gaining Chrome Extension Support, Still Sponsored By Blue Systems
It’s been just a little over a year since the mystical Blue Systems started sponsoring development of ReKonq. Blue Systems is second only to the KDE e.V. in platform investment, sponsoring not only numerous core applications, but multiple distributions as well. ReKonq has come a long way since 0.9.2 (May 2012) and with the help [...]
BeagleSNES: Now You Can Build Your Own Embedded SNES
There is no denying that Raspberry Pi is at the top of the heap when it comes to mind-share — and profit-share — of small computers. The Raspberry Pi has revolutionized not only the way we think about small computers, but has also given us a glimpse into a future of nearly disposable, single-duty, utilitarian [...]
Facebook Messenger Unofficially Lands In Linux
As the World Wide Web turns Do you ever wish you could use Facebook Messenger as a desktop application in Linux? Maybe something a little like Facebook Messenger for Windows? Sure, there is more than one way to connect with your Facebook friends in Linux with programs like Pidgin, Empathy & Telepathy. But none of [...]
Tennis Elbow 2013 Now Available For Linux
Linux? Chances are you’ve never suffered from Tennis Elbow… If you’ve ever woken up in the morning with a hankering for a Tennis simulation on Linux, you’ve certainly been disappointed each time. Until now, the only simulation we’ve ever heard of — and the only one Google has ever heard of — is Free Tennis. [...]
OpenShot Reaches Halfway In Kickstarter Campaign
OpenShot, the leading (currently) open source video editing package for Linux has reached the halfway point in its Kickstarter campaign today. OpenShot, which seeks 20k in funding to release upcoming versions of its software for Windows and Mac, has crossed the 10k threshold and is inching towards 11k. And with 22 days left to go [...]