Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

Here are some instructions on how to use your iPhone or iPod Touch with Linux. This is great info for those who enjoy Apple’s mobile devices but who prefer Linux on their desktop. For quite some time, using your iPhone or iPod Touch on Linux was a challenge. There were two options – jailbreak it, [...]

This might be quite useful for some of you. Dock applications are a really cool way to get quicker access to your installed applications, directories, or files, it’s fully customized with different desktop and window managers. you will find a lot of docks available to use with different features for extra plugins, docks applets, and [...]

Hmm. Has Valve actually confirmed this? I must have missed it if they did. I’d love to see it though. The Mac Steam client is pretty good and I have high hopes for the Linux version. Recent news that Valve Software will soon be releasing a Linux client promises to provide another option for Linux [...]

New version of Sidux Linux is out. I may try to do a review of it for DLR soon. sidux 2010-01, a new version of the desktop distribution with KDE or Xfce based on Debian’s unstable branch, has been released. Read the detailed release notes for further information. Download (SHA256): sidux-2010-01-kde-i386-amd64.iso (2,179MB), sidux-2010-01-xfce-i386.iso (512MB), sidux-2010-01-xfce-amd64.iso [...]

Can Linux really compete with Apple for consumers? Does Linux have a shot at challenging Apple’s dominance? We’ve seen this movie before. There was an Apple of the business computing market not so long ago. Sun Microsystems’ high-end servers made the company a darling of information technology departments, Internet startups, and Wall Street investors in [...]

Part of me is glad to see this, but the other part of me is very skeptical. Isn’t it a bit late, Canonical? OPEN SOURCE software developer Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system for tablet computers. Speaking to Network World, Chris Kenyon, Canonical’s vice president of OEM services, said the [...]

Hey, who knew that Linux was so popular for powering robots? Linux have a special place in Robotics. Many Robots built by multi billion organizations like NASA for advanced space exploration and other complicated tasks are powered by Linux. Robotics and automation is the key for human progress and it is good to know that [...]

I have very mixed feelings about this: The Linux Foundation, the non-profit that supports the growth of the Linux kernel, is today announcing an affinity Visa Platinum credit card for people who want to contribute to advancing the OS through the organization’s initiatives. Reading the press release announcing the new credit card made me raise [...]

Maximum PC has a great article about Linux desktop customization: The days of ugly Linux desktops are a thing of the past. Modern distros include many tools and options that enable them to look good and be more useful. Unlike Windows, Linux has several different widget toolkits. The most well-known widget engines are GTK+, (distributed [...]

I think these tips are pretty much right on about how to ease the transition for users from Windows to Linux: Moving users to Linux can be tricky, but Jack Wallen has some practical measures that should ease the transition. Sheer economics are making the use of the Linux operating system increasingly widespread. It is [...]

Just a heads up that there are a number of new desktop Linux reviews up on the DLR blog: Live Linux Gaming Tiny Core Linux 2.1 Knoppix 6.0.1 Kubuntu 9.04 I’m pleased to note that Linux Today has linkedto the Kubuntu and TCL reviews and Distrowatch has linked to the TCL review. So traffic has [...]

I pitched it this morning and they linked to my Linux Mint 7 review over on my new Desktop Linux Reviews blog. Thanks so much Linux Today guys! It made my day to see that. One of the nicer things about mintInstall in this release is Featured Applications which highlights some popular apps for users. [...]

Very cool but how practical is it? A milestone has been reached in iPhone firmware modification on Friday with the first alternative operating system for the hardware, Linux, now running on the device. The first build created by Dev Team is now running on iPhone, iPhone 3G, and the original iPod touch in what’s considered [...]

Ars has a good look at the new Fedora 10. Fedora 10 is built on Linux kernel version 2.6.27, which was officially released in October. This version of the kernel comes with improved compatibility for popular webcam devices and also includes the new Atheros ath9k wireless driver. Firefox 3.0.4, the latest bugfix release of the [...]

Good tips here. How can you quickly produce a professional-looking report? If you’re using KDE, you can turn to KOffice’s KSpread spreadsheet and KWord word processor. KSpread offers the standard spreadsheet elements: columns and rows of cells which can contain data or formulas, an entry box for putting information into the cells, and a set [...]

Bug fix for Ark is out now. I may do a review of it for ET, it’s been in the back of my mind for a while. I just haven’t gotten around to it. Ark Linux 2005.1-SR1 fixes the following problems: * In some configurations, USB drivers were not loaded on startup * In some [...]

New magazine out for Linux users called Tux. So far the comments seem positive about it. I haven’t read it so I can’t tell you qhat the quality is but it seems like a good thing for Linux to have a new mag come out like this.

Very cool. Since he caught a glimpse of Kristian’s wobbly windows, Bryan has stalked Red Hat’s dark and hallowed halls, breathing fire, demanding his chance in the directorial seat. So it is that we bring you Monkey Hoot productions first, uh, production. Since a lot of people have asked, these videos show Luminocity running on [...]

Heh,heh…what a riot. Linux creator Linus Torvalds is now running an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop, largely for work reasons but also because he’s not one to pass up a bargain. Torvald’s response came quickly and succinctly. “My main machine these days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970)–it’s physically a regular Apple [...]

Good overview of the gaming situation on Linux. Plus there’s an interview at the end with the Cedega Product Manager from Transgaming. I think Linux has a lot of potential but there needs to be much more direct support from gaming companies for it. It should not be any more difficult to install and run [...]