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‘Portal’ now available for Steam on Linux

By Jacques Coetzee
05.03.13 | 12 Comments

Update: Portal 2 is on the Linux Steam store under “all games” but it’s greyed out, and can’t be purchased. Perhaps it’s scheduled for a later date? We’ll update the story as soon as Portal 2 is purchasable. Valve’s popular first person puzzle games Portal are now available on Linux via Steam. Since the ...

Tags: Linux, portal, Steam, steam box, Valve
Parallella: a Linux-based parallel-processing supercomputer for $99

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
04.17.13 | 1 Comment

Parallella, the US$99 Linux supercomputer “for everyone” is coming in a few months for the select users who ordered one-off Kickstarter. Adapteva announced at the Linux Collaboration Summit that the very first Parallella boards are up and running and the 6300 users who paid US$99 for one should get the parallel-processing units ...

Tags: Linux, parallel computing, Parallella
Leap Motion Controller now Linux compatible

By Staff Reporter
03.28.13 | 1 Comment

Leap, the Kinect-like motion controller for PC now supports Linux, says Ubuntuvibes. Leap Motion Dev, one of Leap’s twitter accounts sent this message to it’s Linux fans earlier this week. #leapmotion SDK build 0.7.6 is now available. #leapdev's: Linux is now supported, finger tracking has been improved. ow.ly/jrdEL — Leap Motion Dev ...

Tags: controller, Leap, Linux
Ubuntu’s now a mobile OS and destined for Android phones come 2014

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
01.03.13 | No Comments

Mark Shuttleworth's legacy will extend to the mobile sphere as Ubuntu looks to release a "full PC" version for Android phones. Memeburn, our big brother has already reported on the story, so you can snag the full details there. But in short, Ubuntu for Android will be the complete OS experience, ...

Tags: Android, Linux, mobile os, Ubuntu
Ubuntu 12.10 released: online search, web apps, dash previews part of slick new update

By Staff Reporter
10.19.12 | No Comments

Ubuntu 12.10 or "Quantal Quetzal" recently launched and is now available for download. We'll avoid any stinging commentary and get right to it: Ubuntu 12.10 quietly adds Web Apps, an Online Search option and Dash Previews. Web Apps are a welcome addition to an already beefy OS. Sites such as Gmail, Facebook ...

Tags: Linux, Ubuntu 12.10, web apps
The Linux survival guide

By Dreyer Smit
10.11.12 | 23 Comments

With Windows 8 on the horizon many of you are completely confused with the new operating system and will be looking to alternatives. Most of you will be upgrading from Windows XP to a new operating system and OSX won’t be in your price range. Many of you will stick ...

Tags: Linux, Ubuntu, Windows 8
Linux Ubuntu 12.10 review: finally growing up

By Dreyer Smit
10.03.12 | 29 Comments

A beautiful beginning After reviewing the last version of Ubuntu 12 a few months ago I wasn’t too impressed with the OS in general. Ubuntu kept loyal to its obscure following by not dipping its toes into the real reason Windows and OSX are popular. And I’m happy to say ...

Tags: Linux, review, Ubuntu 12.1
New Microsoft patent deal is a Linux loving venture

By Dreyer Smit
07.25.12 | 2 Comments

The latest Patent deal between Microsoft and Amdocs might be a window that gives us a glimpse of what Microsoft is up to. Microsoft licensed its patents to Amdocs because it runs Linux-based servers in its data centres. Amdocs will pay it an undisclosed amount of money to have the ...

Tags: Amdocs, Linux, Microsoft, patent deal
Have your slice of Raspberry Pi

By Claudio Rebuzzi
07.17.12 | Comments Off

A credit card sized cheap-as-sin computer that will do everything you can reasonably ask a simple computer to do. And people are going crazy for it. Everybody wants their slice of Raspberry Pi. It's not surprising, really. At about £25, it's a steal. It's not record-breaking hardware, not even smartphone competing. ...

Tags: Linux, raspberry pi, small computer
Reviewed: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon

By Dreyer Smit
06.26.12 | 21 Comments

Recently I've reviewed the latest 'consumer' version of Ubuntu, namely 12.04, and found that it was pretty far away from being perfectly consumer friendly. The entire UI was scattered and disorganized, you were met with hundreds of updates and it wasn't very easy to install anything. Then one of our ...

Tags: Linux

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Topics

‘Portal’ now available for Steam on Linux

Parallella: a Linux-based parallel-processing supercomputer for $99

Leap Motion Controller now Linux compatible

Ubuntu’s now a mobile OS and destined for Android phones come 2014

Ubuntu 12.10 released: online search, web apps, dash previews part of slick new update

The Linux survival guide

Linux Ubuntu 12.10 review: finally growing up

New Microsoft patent deal is a Linux loving venture

Have your slice of Raspberry Pi

Reviewed: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon

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