Archive for category: User Opinions

/ 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

/ December 30, 2011 10:30

GNU/Linux distros: Are they really free?

Just about a month ago, I decided with some other guys, colleagues from the same faculty, to make a presentation about Linux. Presentation’s main target group was the first year students, especially those who haven’t an idea about what Linux is and how it works. In order to prepare myself for the presentation I had to read and learn some

/ July 9, 2011 02:49

Hats, Hacks, Cracks and other Shenanigans

This Anonymous vid has circulated since June 1st, showing support towards the greek populace, and calling to arms for a DDoS attack on the IMF site. This proclamation (though a different video version) became more known in the Greek community after the brutal way the police cleared the Syntagma Sq. from the thousands of civilians demonstrating their opposition on the

/ April 22, 2010 16:13

Ubuntu update manager VS 2clickUpdate

After publishing the 5.5.version of 2click Update, it got an unexpected attention by the community. Many referral links, reviews, code contribution, translations and some emails pointing in one general question: what the heck does it do and why to use 2click Update when there is already Ubuntu Update manager available After some mails talking about the reasons why 2click Update is better than “classic” update manager with