Opensource

Apple orphans Linux CUPS features- handicaps open source printing

CUPS, is the printing standard that open source projects have used successfully to convert desktops and computers to become printer servers, allowing plug-in, modular...

VLC 2.0 "Twoflower" has been released! PPA Ubuntu11.10 and LinuxMint12

VLC 2.0 "Twoflower" has been released, this  is a major release of VLC that comes with faster decoding on multi-core, GPU, and mobile hardware,...

Why Governments Are Now Looking At Open Source Solutions

For the doubting Toms’ who questioned the use and utility of Open Source platform and it’s solutions, the recent announcement by Liam Maxwell, the...

Google Chrome for Android vs Opera Mini

Today is the day! Finally my favourite browser Google Chrome has hit the Android Market; well, when I am already quiet in habit of its rivals...

Chrome browser beta is available for android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Announced today the release of the beta version of chrome browser for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone or tablet, according to the announcement,...

Bitwig Studio: The Dawn of New Music Production and Performance Software

Bitwig, the Germany based international software music software company founded by music enthusiasts, has announced their new product: Bitwig Studio. The software provides natural...

Openshot1.4.1 has been released!

Openshot1.4.1 has been released!, the new release comes with many new features and bug fix. Openshot1.4.1 comes with a New 3D animation (wireframe text), New Titles...

Newrez- A great nautilus script to change screen resolution to one...

Newrez is a great nautilus script that help you change screen resolution easily, this is not all, the great feature is that it lets...

LCA 2012 Bruce Perens on Status of Open Source and James...

At the just concluded Linux Conference Australia (LCA 12), open source was under the limelight as some powerful presenters left behind a lot to...

saidar – A curses-based tool for viewing system statistics

Saidar is a nice command line tool that allow you to view system statistics  through libstatgrab. Statistics include CPU, processes, load, memory, swap, network...

SOPA a controversy against the Open Source world

By now you might have already read a couple of articles on SOPA and PIPA; the controversial and now widely notorious bills that hammer...

Rhythmbox 2.95 has been released!

Rhythmbox 2.95 has been released, this release is considered as final transition of Rhythmbox to GTK +3, the new release also is compatible with...

Linux Web Browser Round-Up

When I sit here in front of my desktop and look at my Debian Menu for “Internet”, I see a myriad of icons. But...

Ten nice Extensions for LibreOffice

LibreOffice is an open source Office Suite, an excellent alternative to MS Office. If offers a number of features and the added functionalities in...

Trimage- A great application to compress and optimize images

Trimage is a cross-platform GUI and command-line interface to optimize image files. All image files are losslessy compressed on the highest available compression levels....

Will Boot to Gecko (B2G) become the OS of 2012

News of the game-changing browser Operating System - Boot to Gecko (B2G) – first made the rounds in July last year. Backed by Mozilla,...

Razor Qt 0.4 released:Likely to inspire Pinguy to build a Qt...

Razor-qt developers have recently announced the release of its latest version, the Razor-qt 0.4, after several months in development. Razor-qt is a desktop environment...

7 Benefits of Mozilla's Rapid Release!

Just shortly Mozilla has released Firefox 9 according to its rapid release development oscillation.  This rapid release has increased concerns about add-on compatibility and...