• Interview with Damien Sandras from Ekiga

    Interview with Damien Sandras from Ekiga

    Using Skype for video conference is a bad option for us Linux users because of the out-dated version it offers for our platform, the lack of interoperability, and of course the proprietary licence. Thankfully Damien Sandras’ Ekiga is around (and has been around for quite some time), offering a free open-source alternative to us Linux users and not only. On

  • Interview with Jos Poortvliet from SUSE

    Interview with Jos Poortvliet from SUSE

    OpenSUSE is one of the “major” linux distros and also one of the best out there. Always introducing innovative technologies, giving its users a state of the art os, while raising the bar for the rest. On this interview, openSUSE community manager Jos Poortvliet, is giving some details on the new technologies found on the latest openSUSE, and also explains

  • Interview with Bernhard Wymann from TORCS

    Interview with Bernhard Wymann from TORCS

    TORCS (The Open Race Car Simulator) is an open-source simulation game project that has been around for many years now. We check the news and ask for technical details from the leader of the project, Bernhard Wymann (berniw)         Tell us a few things about you and the reason you got involved in TORCS. Are you a car

  • Hackfest Plans to Improve GNOME Accessibility

    Hackfest Plans to Improve GNOME Accessibility

    GNOME accessibility contributors will be gathering for a four day hackfest in A Coruña, Spain, next week. Together, they will be working to enhance GNOME’s assistive technologies, which allow people with disabilities such as visual, movement, hearing, cognitive and language impairments to use GNOME software. The hackfest will be focusing on two key GNOME accessibility technologies – ATK and AT-SPI.

  • Interview: Peter Goodall of Ubuntu TV at CES 2012

    Interview: Peter Goodall of Ubuntu TV at CES 2012

    Ubuntu TV is a variant of Ubuntu operating system, specially designed for TVs. Ubuntu TV was announced by Canonical at CES 2012. The slogan is “TV for human beings”. In the following video, Paul Miller of The Verge talks with Peter Goodall about Ubuntu TV at CES 2012. Related Posts:All about Ubuntu Unity lens and scopes (part 2)How to install

  • Move Dalvik Cache to SD to free up space on your HTC Desire [Advanced Guide]

    Move Dalvik Cache to SD to free up space on your HTC Desire [Advanced Guide]

    HTC Desire is one of the most successful smartphones, even now, two years after it’s release to the public. Dozens of phones with better specs have been released but the HTC Desire was made to stay. Although a great phone, some hacking is required to get the most out of it. Desire’s major flaw is the small amount of ROM,

  • Interview with Brian Swan from Microsoft

    Interview with Brian Swan from Microsoft

    Did you know that Microsoft has offered large portion of code to the linux kernel, and that the company maintains open source departments to the benefit of their customers and the FOSS world in general? It may sound strange at first and that is why we did an interview with Brian Swan who explained the reasons and objectives behind Microsoft’s

  • LuckyBackup as a candidate for “Backup Application of the Year”

    LuckyBackup as a candidate for “Backup Application of the Year”

                              LuckyBackup is one of the best Linux applications for a full and proper backup in an easy way. It’s so simple that even someone without the slightest idea about computers can backup his files with a few clicks. A few years ago that it was first developed,

 

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/ January 30, 2012 16:38

Interview with Damien Sandras from Ekiga

Using Skype for video conference is a bad option for us Linux users because of the out-dated version it offers for our platform, the lack of interoperability, and of course the proprietary licence. Thankfully Damien Sandras’ Ekiga is around (and has been around for quite some time), offering a free open-source alternative to us Linux users and not only. On

/ January 23, 2012 13:09

Interview with Jos Poortvliet from SUSE

OpenSUSE is one of the “major” linux distros and also one of the best out there. Always introducing innovative technologies, giving its users a state of the art os, while raising the bar for the rest. On this interview, openSUSE community manager Jos Poortvliet, is giving some details on the new technologies found on the latest openSUSE, and also explains

/ January 16, 2012 12:15

Interview with Bernhard Wymann from TORCS

TORCS (The Open Race Car Simulator) is an open-source simulation game project that has been around for many years now. We check the news and ask for technical details from the leader of the project, Bernhard Wymann (berniw)         Tell us a few things about you and the reason you got involved in TORCS. Are you a car

/ January 14, 2012 00:29

Hackfest Plans to Improve GNOME Accessibility

GNOME accessibility contributors will be gathering for a four day hackfest in A Coruña, Spain, next week. Together, they will be working to enhance GNOME’s assistive technologies, which allow people with disabilities such as visual, movement, hearing, cognitive and language impairments to use GNOME software. The hackfest will be focusing on two key GNOME accessibility technologies – ATK and AT-SPI.

/ January 14, 2012 00:25

Interview: Peter Goodall of Ubuntu TV at CES 2012

Ubuntu TV is a variant of Ubuntu operating system, specially designed for TVs. Ubuntu TV was announced by Canonical at CES 2012. The slogan is “TV for human beings”. In the following video, Paul Miller of The Verge talks with Peter Goodall about Ubuntu TV at CES 2012. Related Posts:All about Ubuntu Unity lens and scopes (part 2)How to install

/ January 14, 2012 00:24

Move Dalvik Cache to SD to free up space on your HTC Desire [Advanced Guide]

HTC Desire is one of the most successful smartphones, even now, two years after it’s release to the public. Dozens of phones with better specs have been released but the HTC Desire was made to stay. Although a great phone, some hacking is required to get the most out of it. Desire’s major flaw is the small amount of ROM,