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 [...]
Razor-Qt 0.5 Released, Several Improvements In Tow
Razor-Qt, the lightweight alternative to KDE, has released version 0.5 of their desktop environment. If you’re looking for a lightweight desktop environment that can use the pretty Oxygen look and integrate nicely with both Qt and Gtk applications, you might give the project a look. From the announcement: We’re proud to announce the release of [...]
Linux Mint 13 KDE Arrives, But Why?
Just hours ago, Linux Mint announced the delayed availability of Linux Mint 13 “KDE”. This latest release offers KDE 4.8, artwork improvements, and finally sets your default homepage in Firefox to Yahoo. This updated KDE release may be very welcome news to users of Linux Mint that have been waiting to join the ranks of [...]
Shotwell Reaches 0.12.0, Finally Gets Support For GTK3
Finally In what seems like an eternity, the group over at Yorba.org unleashed Shotwell version 0.12.0 today after a period of stagnation that could only be exceeded by F-Spot or Duke Nukem Forever. The software package did not gain a lot of features, though seems to have been released just in time for Gnome 3.4. [...]
Which Pro-Wrestler Is Your Operating System?
Unix (In General) “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair While both Unix and Ric Flair pre-date the 1970′s, both proliferated in that decade. While Unix was being polished at Bell Labs, readying itself for a few very expensive government deployments, Ric Flair trained in the AWA under wrestling great Verne Gagne. In the 1980’s, Unix became [...]
Why Mozilla And Canonical Should Join Forces
Where do I begin? This idea entered my head the same day that Canonical announced Ubuntu For Android. That same day, information leaked about a desktop-capable Android, most likely Android 5.0 Jelly Bean. The appeal of tethering Ubuntu to a monitor, keyboard and mouse–from an Android phone– is tremendous. The appeal of attaching an Android [...]
Ubuntu On Your Phone, Raspberries In Your Pocket
Canonical announced today their intent to make Ubuntu available on Android. Yes, on Android. So, what does that mean? We’ve all probably seen Ubuntu booting on a mobile device before, but this is completely different… The new project allows you to dock a phone to a display, mouse and keyboard, while utilizing the unused cores [...]
Install Oxygen-transparent in KDE 4.8 (Kubuntu 11.10)
What’s Wrong With Being Beautiful? So, you want to make your desktop look like the screenshot above, huh? Mystified by the process? No more! This guide will show you how to install and use the Oxygen-transparent theme for KDE 4.8 in Kubuntu 11.10. What Is Oxygen-transparent? Oxygen-transparent is a spin on the default Oxygen theme [...]
Kubuntu Dead? Not Really…
In a world of tabloid news– FOSS-focused news sites not-withstanding– it’s easy to sensationalize Canonical’s move to break financial ties with it’s first, and arguably most famous, derivative work Kubuntu. Well, before you light your torches, burn down villages and mail death threats to Mark Shuttleworth, let’s take a look at what’s really happened. Canonical is a [...]
5 Reasons Why KDE Is Better Than Unity
It’s no secret that KDE is not the most popular desktop environment for Linux/Unix users. With Ubuntu’s success slowly breaking through to the mainstream, there is now a whole swath of users who have no idea about it, or recognize it as “the other one”. In many ways, it’s exotic, having no other desktops environments [...]