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Linux Credit Card

July 29th, 2009

Linux now has it’s own credit card.  Bearing it’s mascot Tux in all its glossy shininess.. is shininess a word?  Oh well.  Anyways thanks to a cooperation between the Linux Foundation Visa and the UMB Bank.  And with each card activated the Linux Foundation receives 50 dollars so this will help to raise money [...]

As Many of you are aware Asus the Manufacturer of the Eee pc netbook has began cutting back on their offering of Linux on their Netbooks this has already began in the U.K. And who knows how far the cuts will go when it is all said and done. Meanwhile as Asus has [...]

This article directs attention to a site that provides a very useful service to Mandriva linux users.  Known as easy urpmi this site makes it easy as its name suggests to add media sources in Mandriva Linux to the Package Manager.  This can come in handy if their is a problem with the Official medias [...]

Extreme Tux Racer

July 28th, 2009

Now that I have accelerated 3d in Linux.  I can now list Extreme Tux Racer as my Favorite Game.
For those of you who are new to Linux and never heard of Extreme Tux Racer otherwise known as Tux Racer and Planet Penguin Racer, it is a 3d game where you are guiding Tux who is [...]

The Compiz Fusion Atlantis Plugin is an excellent addition to the Compiz Fusion desktop cube.  It ads an aquarium to the cube and animations of fish swimming around and Crabs on the floor.  And is just awesome.  To run these effects you will need to install some extras besides just the compiz fusion program.  You [...]

Why Choose Linux?

July 28th, 2009

Linux has come a long ways as being a user friendly desktop environment. Although even the best distribution may involve some tinkering with before it is ready to do everything you want to use it for. Still in return you have access to a great deal of free software. In an interface [...]

I often find myself while writing reviews of Linux distributions comparing distributions of Linux. This Linux can’t do this but this one can. Perhaps because I don’t want the article to sound like a Negative review of Linux altogether if I am disclosing a few negatives about a distribution of Linux.
But there [...]

Variety is the spice of life right?  Well maybe not according to Asus the makers of the Eee netbook.  Recently Asus has discontinued offering the Asus Eee netbook with linux in the UK.  The only location where any could be found available in the UK is toys r us.  The company feels that most of [...]

Linux Mint 7 Review

July 22nd, 2009

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu based distribution of Linux.  Ubuntu is a distribution that is receiving extensive software support.  Unfortunately their are a number of programs that are available to Ubuntu users that are not available for other distributions of linux.  So I was anxious to try Mint and find out if the things that [...]

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Their is a disturbance in the linux community. Maybe someone (Bill Gates) has been slipping something [...]

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