Flash 9 for Xubuntu (Kind-of)
When Flash 8 and 9 weren’t released for Linux, I thought, "why doesn’t someone just edit Flash’s code and change the 7 to a 9?" Turns out it’s possible. Here’s how:
1) Make a back-up of the…
Intel to help Vietnam's communists go open-source
The Vietnamese Communist Party's decision to move its computer systems to open-source software got a boost on Friday from Intel, the world's largest chip maker.
Under terms of a memorandum…
GIMP vs. Photoshop - What still needs to be done?
We all know that the GIMP is more or less the de-facto standard for image editing in Linux, where Adobe Photoshop is the standard on the Mac and Windows (and some Linux boxes using Crossover…
Kerala logs Microsoft out
After the cola ban, it is now the turn of Microsoft to log out of Kerala. Children in 12,500 high schools in the state, India’s most literate, will not be taught Windows. Instead, instructors are…
GIMP 2.2.13 Released
Version 2.2.13 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.2 series. Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes. The source code is available from ftp.…
NVIDIA Linux Display Driver Version 1.0-8774 released
A new NVIDIA display driver has been released. Added support for X.Org 7.1, XVideo with the Composite X extension when using X.Org 7.1 and improved interaction with newer Linux kernels are some…
Happy 15th Birthday Linux!
It was 15 years ago (Sun, Aug 25 1991 4:57 pm) that Linus Benedict Torvalds said:
"Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be…
Advanced preview of Linuxlookup.com
After several months of redesign and an entirely new content management system, Linuxlookup.com is opening its doors once again! We have decided to start off fresh. This means user accounts,…