Dec 162010
 

doudoulinuxRecently I discovered a new kind of Linux: DoudouLinux.

It is not a new distribution, but a Debian is a tailor-made for children, the designer Jean-Michael says that is usable by children two years old.

And in fact by starting this live meta-distro you get a rich and colorful menu from which childrens can choose what to play.

Intrigued by the project, I asked Jean-Michel an interview and him very kindly accepted to answer my questions, this is also a good chance to introduce his project in Italy and other country where it still is not widely known.

Edit: Thanks to Jean-Michel there is also a french version of this article here

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Dec 112010
 

task warriorIn one of my article i made a roundup of 3 tools to organize your time: Getting things Gnome, Tasque and Basket note pads.

These are 3 good programs that can help you in task management, and i was surprised when in the comments someone told he’s using a tool from the command line to accomplish this: Task warrior.

And so i tested it.
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Dec 082010
 

screeshotFor my articles or the work I do every day I often have to make some screenshots to be included in the documentation, but until now had not found a program that fully satisfied … until today.

In this article i’ll show you some of the program i’ve used and tested and as last, the one that fit perfectly on my need.

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Nov 202010
 

We often hear that there are no games on Linux, or that are much worse than their counterparts for windows, so today I want to show some unusual games that run perfectly on our favorite operating system.
Caph

Caph

Caph is a sandbox game, based on physics. The game target is to make contact red object with green object. You can use various objects, solid, wire (rope), and bendable objects. Gravitation will help you.

Caph available as C source code, and can be compiled on any suitable GNU/Linux distribution.

Available on http://www.playdeb.net/software/Caph for Ubuntu dafrom release 9.10.

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Nov 072010
 

radiotrayMaybe today I’ve finally found an acceptable way to listen to web radio. Often I like to work with music, but after listening for the umpteenth time my favorite CD of Nirvana or Foo Fighters I want to switch to a bit of Web Radio, and here is my doubt “how?”

You can go to the website of the radio and probably find the link “listen live”, or equivalent that will start a nice flash player, not so easy right?

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