SteamOS Is Officially A Debian Fork, And Not Only A Debian Based System
Hello Linux Geeksters. Valve has recently changed the description of SteamOS in their FAQ, from “Debian based” to “a Debian fork”. While the initial SteamOS version, called Alchemist was built on...
View ArticleSailfish OS 1.0.4.20 Has Been Released | Disable All The Openrepos...
Hello Jolla Enthusiasts. As you may know, Saifish OS 1.0.4.20, codename “Ohijärvi”, has been released today. Since the changelog is already available via together.jolla.com, read the new features and...
View ArticleUnity 8 Will Come With Canonical’s Own Internet Browser, As Default
Hello Linux Geeksters. Mark Shuttleworth has confirmed at the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS 14.03) that Unity 8, which will be most likely used by default starting with Ubuntu 14.10 (desktop), will come...
View ArticleHow To Install AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta On Linux Systems
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta drivers for Linux have been recently released. Among others, it comes with support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 6.4 and 6.5,...
View ArticleSo, Ubuntu 14.04 GNOME Will Be Supported For Three Years
Hello Linux Geeksters. Due to the fact that Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr will be a LTS (long term supported) release, Canonical is not pleased with the fact that Ubuntu GNOME will provide updates for...
View ArticleHow To Install SyncWall 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04,...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, SyncWall is a small app used for syncronizing wallpapers on different workstations. It does not use FTP or internet to download photos. The workstations need to...
View ArticleHow To Install Firefox 28 On Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora, CentOS,...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Firefox 28 stable has been recently released, being the last version before the new Australis interface will be adopted. Among others, Firefox 28 comes with...
View ArticleHow To Install Geary 0.6.0 On Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander And Linux Mint 16...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Geary is a lightweight email client, written in Vala, built for the Gnome desktop. It is also the default mail client on Elementary OS 0.2 Luna. The latest...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04 Is Now Powered By Kernel 3.13.6
Hello Linux Geeksters. Canonical has implemented Kernel 3.13.6 as the default kernel of Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, which will be released on the 17th of April 2014. The Ubuntu developers are working...
View ArticleHow To Install Liferea 1.10.7 On Ubuntu 14.04,13.10,12.10,12.04, Linux Mint...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is a simple and lightweight news aggrecator with a GTK interface. Among other features, it can be syncronized with TinyTinyRSS or...
View ArticleHow To Install Oracle Java 8 On Ubuntu 14.04,13.10,12.10,12.04,10.04 And...
Hello Linux Geeksters. The Oracle Java 8 (stable) has been recently released, coming with a lot of changes and new features. Among others, it got support for functional program via the “Project...
View ArticleHow To Install SmartGit/Hg 5.0.8 On Ubuntu 14.04,13.10,Ubuntu...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, SmartGit/Hg is an open source, cross platform, graphical client for Git and Mercurial with SVN repositories support, running on Linux and Mac OS X systems. The...
View ArticleHow To Install Git 1.9.1 On Ubuntu 14.04,13.10,12.10,12.04,10.04, Linux Mint...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Git is the client for the popular GitHub. The latest version available is Git 1.9.1, which has been recently released, coming with a few new commands. For more...
View ArticleHow To Install SeaMonkey 2.25 On Ubuntu 14.04,13.10,12.10,12.04, Linux Mint...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, SeaMonkey is an internet suite that includes a web browser, an email and newsgroup client, a HTML editor, an IRC chat and web development tools. The latest...
View ArticleHow To Install Shotwell 0.18 On Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander And Linux Mint...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Shotwell is the default photo manager/organizer on Ubuntu and Fedora. The latest version available is Shotwell 0.18.0, which comes with the below new...
View ArticleHow To Install Tor Browser Bundle 3.5.3.1 On Ubuntu 14.04,13.10,12.10,12.04,...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Tor Browser Bundle is an internet browser based on Mozilla Firefox configured to protect the users’ anonimity, via Tor and Vidalia. The bundle also includes 3...
View ArticleHow To Install Thunderbird 24.4.0 On Ubuntu 14.04,13.10,12.10,12.04, Linux...
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Thunderbird 24.4.0 has been recently released, coming with many security fixes. For more information, see the release notes. In this article I will show you how...
View ArticleDebian 8 Jessie Alpha 1 Has Been Released
Hello Linux Geeksters. The first Alpha build of Debian 8.0 Jessie has been recently released, being now available for free download. As you may know, the Debian engineers are working at two distros...
View ArticleMir’s Multitasking Capability Has Been Demoed In A Video
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Canonical has been working a lot lately at Ubuntu Touch and Mir, a display server created as a replacement for X.org server. While Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr will...
View ArticleLinux Mint 17 Will Be Called “Qiana”
Hello Linux Geeksters. Recently, Linux Mint’s Clement Lefebvre has announced that Linux Mint 17 codename Qiana (pronounced kee-AHN-ah) will be released in May 2014, a few weeks after the official...
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