Well now that news is out in the wild that Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 is now an official Ubuntu derivative, you’re probably wanting to test it out. Problem is, there is no ISO for it. That makes it pretty hard to try it out… We were expecting to find an ISO ourselves after the news broke [...]
Improve Linux Gaming Performance With FSGamer
Gaming on Linux Ever since the advent of Steam for Linux, performance issues have miffed gamers; especially those who are using Ubuntu’s Unity and are forced to use Compiz as their display compositor. Those issues have been combated in several ways. Nvidia and AMD have been ‘stepping up to the plate’ so to speak with [...]
[HOW TO] Install Oxygen Transparent In KDE 4.10
What’s Hotter Than Hot? KDE has never been a dog, but if there is one thing in life that is better than a beautiful woman, it’s one with no clothes. And that’s precisely what we’re going to do with KDE today. This guide will show you how to install and use the Oxygen-transparent theme for [...]
[How To] Install Anodyne In Ubuntu 12.04 And 12.10
Anodyne, an amazing Zelda-esque action RPG, has just been released, and you can get in now as part of a promotion at The Pirate Bay. Only problem is, it is an Adobe Air application. This is bad on two levels; 1) Adobe Air was abondoned by Adobe quite some time ago, and 2) Adobe Air [...]
An Experiment in Digital Self Publishing
I’ve written quite a bit of technical and instructional text (perhaps you’ve noticed), but I’ve never been one for writing fiction. While I’ve certainly read enough of the stuff, the idea of actually creating characters, realistic dialog, scenarios, and all the other bits that make a good book have always been too intimidating. But after [...]
Building Doom 3 BFG Edition From Source (Part 1)
Hey gang, recently we wrote about the availability of Doom 3 BFG Edition for Linux, which is awesome! But what good is a bunch of source code if you don’t have it in a compiled, playable form? That’s what we’re here for. We are going to show you how to successful build the latest sources [...]
Taming the Nook Simple Touch
I recently received the Android-based Noble Nook Simple Touch ebook reader as a gift, which I enjoyed very much except for one insanely annoying issue with it: the Nook comes with two “books” on how to operate the reader which apparently cannot be removed by normal means. There is no option to delete them from the Nook [...]
WiFi Monitor Mode with Android PCAP Capture
Noted security researcher Mike “dragorn” Kershaw, developer of the gold standard in WiFi scanners, Kismet, has recently released a tool for Android that enables raw 802.11 frame captures in WiFi monitor mode. Putting a WiFi device into monitor mode allows it to capture all sorts of interesting data about the wireless network that would otherwise be [...]
Git Crashcourse
If you follow the development of any open source software, there is an excellent chance you’ve heard of Git; the version control software that’s quickly replacing standards like CVS and SVN for many projects. In the most basic of terms, Git (and all other version control software) allow developers and content creators to easily keep [...]
Getting Started With RTL-SDR
The last few months have seen an explosion of activity in the field of Software Defined Radio (SDR), after it was discovered that cheap USB TV tuners based on the Realtek RTL2832U chip could be dialed into frequencies well outside their advertised ranges. What was designed and sold as a simple device for watching TV [...]