Posts from the ‘Ubuntu/Linux’ Category
Looks like we are in the home stretch. Vivaldi tablet Team Leader Aaron Seigo wrote on his blog that he will be able to sign the purchase order, from the manufacturer, sometime next week so the first shipments of Vivaldi tablets can be put together and sent out! Everyone have their money ready? Aaron Seigo [...]
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Verizon customers can maybe stop holding their breath. According to a Verizon Summer/Fall 2012 smartphone roadmap, BGR is reporting that much anticipated Android smartphone, the Samsung’s Galaxy SIII, will in fact be coming to Big Red. They are anticipating the Galaxy S III will be released sometime this summer. I for one will take this [...]
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The Leopard Extreme is the high-end desktop computer from System76. This beast of a machine is build for hardcore computer users, such as video producers like myself. As a disclaimer, this review is for the leox2 model I got in 2011 . It has since been upgraded to the leox3. I’ve had this system for [...]
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Computer manufacturer System76 just released the newest models of their Lemur Ultra and Pangolin Performance laptops running Ubuntu. — 14.1″ Lemur Ultra The ultra portable, ultra powerful 14.1″ Lemur Ultra, starts out at $689 for the base configuration. The default configuration features a 14.1″ 720p high definition LED backlit display, with a resolution of 1366 [...]
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While it is becoming more and more unlikely that a new icon theme will be featured in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, DevianatArt user franksouza183 has begun working on an icon theme based on the rumored YellowIcon icons I wrote about earlier. For now, only the main folder icons and some chat status are included. franksouza183 [...]
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The KDE Spark tablet got a little shakeup today. Aaron Seigo, project leader for the Spark tablet, announced that the tablet had to be renamed due to trademark issues. The tablet will now be called Vivaldi. Aaron Seigo says: “We decided to go with a musical theme that celebrates some of the brightest lights in [...]
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The Linux Foundation has announced major graphics card manufacturer Nvidia, has become a member of the Linux Foundation. Nvidia has always been great in supporting open source, providing Linux drivers for their graphic cards, etc. Now, they are official supporters. By becoming a member, Nvidia will get discounts on Linux training, exclusive content and briefing [...]
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Open source enthusiasts have been patiently (or maybe impatiently) waiting for the KDE Spark tablet to be available. A couple weeks ago, it was available for preorder. Yet, the wait still continues for consumers to be be able to actually get their hands on the device. Or do we have to wait? The Spark tablet [...]
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Canonical has already announced Ubuntu TV, but today at Mobile World Congress, they are expanding Ubuntu’s reach even farther away from “desktop computing” with Ubuntu for Android. To put it simply, Ubuntu for Android will allow users to run a full Ubuntu Unity desktop from a docked Android smartphone. Not only will the full Unity [...]
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The man, the myth, the legend, Bryan Lunduke of the Linux Action Show, lunduke.com, author of Illumination Software Creator,…has just recently released a cross platform, DRM free game based off of his 2299 comic book. Bryan describes the game: The short, short version: 2299 : THE GAME is an old-school, 8-bit inspired adventure game for [...]
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Cartoon by Kelly Ishikawa