Sep 082011
 

I’ve received from Liam Dawe, owner of gamingonlinux.com this nice Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith, he asked me to re-publish this interview and advertise his nice site, where you can find many more interviews about games for Linux.

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Todays question time was spent with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith a newish Linux game download store of which I am a customer of so I thought it would be good to get some feedback!

GOL: First of all can you introduce yourself and your website, who is involved, and who does what exactly?

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Sep 072011
 

Article by Dominique Cimafranca first published on his blog regarding Ubuntu, and Linux in general.

A simple but effective procedure for evaluating security on your computer is to check what sites it’s connecting to, or what sites are connecting to it. Most critical malware nowadays turn computers into zombies for botnets — typically zombified hosts will connect to a central server using IRC. Or it could be that you’re inadvertently running a program that’s listening for Internet requests. In any case, it’s good to check these connections.
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Sep 062011
 

The browser market for GNU/Linux is dominated by Chrome and Firefox, with Opera on the sidelines with a smaller percentage of users. but as in all fields also in this one GNU/Linux offers many really interesting alternatives that you should evaluate.

I know that there are also text-based browsers, which i often use when I work on servers and I need a fast information or to verify a web-site, but today I’ll just go for the graphical ones used in desktop environment.

So let’s take a look at SRWare Iron, Icecat, Midori, Dillo and Rekonq.
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Sep 052011
 

bitfighterBitfighter is a free multi-player 2-D space combat game with Robotron-like controls. It’s a team-based strategy game featuring retro vector graphics and customizable ships. It’s fast, fun, and frenetic.

Bitfighter is designed for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and has an active development team.

Bitfighter is a fun shooter for the desktop computer. Bitfighter centers around creating and playing levels made by others. This is done by players hosting servers. Simple, right? Best of all, Bitfighter is a multiplayer game, so grab a few friends and game on!
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Sep 042011
 
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Article by PaulW, he’s a person that did not know anything about our beloved OS; so in occasion of the 20 years i asked him to do a small research and write an article on what he has learnt about Linux
New to Linux at 20
When something or someone reaches 20 years old, it should always be considered a great achievement. Linux is 20 years old this year and seem to be as strong as it ever has been. If like me, you are not familiar with Linux, there are many things you could learn from this article. What is Linux? Is it just a computer thing, or does it have many other uses?
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