Archive for category: Editorial

/ 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 00:25

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 9, 2012 09:27

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

/ December 30, 2011 11:12

MATLAB for Linux? Use Octave!

Many people use Matlab in their work, others (like me) use it for educational purposes. For whatever you want to use it, Matlab is an excellent choice as it’s not only a package for mathematical calculations, but also a powerful programming language. You can find it for a variety of systems including Windows, Linux and MacOS, both for 32 and