While Linux offers a robust set of applications sometimes, for whatever reason, users believe that they cannot part with their apps from other platforms. In this Linux.com series, you are being introduced to the various ways you can get Windows, or Windows-equivalent, software on your Linux machine.
Whether you call it Web 2.0, Software as a Service (SAAS), Cloud Computing, or some other trendy buzzword, it still means ceding control of your data and applications to someone else. Bruce Byfield examines some exciting possibilities in KDE4 for incorporating networked functions into the desktop in a different way, one that keeps control in [...]
Family history (or genealogy) software is computer software used to record, organise and publish genealogical data.
In this article I will overview seven essential applications for the Xfce desktop environment, including screenshots, most popular features, strong and weak points.
Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, and Windows, which is the easiest to update? The answer may surprise you.
You know it’s a good day when included among all the dry-as-dust press releases that arrive on your virtual desk is one that promises to combine Linux, Twitter and “dangerously outrageous” fun. Sure enough, from none other than the Linux Foundation came the tantalizing announcement of the “Fake Linus Torvalds” promotion, which it kicked off [...]
C represents more than 40% of all code written for open source software. But this figure comes from counting lines of code. What about Java and PHP, or C++?
C represents more than 40% of all code written for open source software. But this figure comes from counting lines of code. What about Java and PHP, or C++?
If you’ve seen one online word processor–or even a handful of them–you haven’t seen them all, not by a longshot. In addition to Google Docs, Zoho Writer, and emerging competitors such as EtherPad, other online offerings you might want to try include AjaxWrite, Writeboard, picoWrite and MonkeyTeX, to name a few.
Why is Google promoting two open source operating systems that can both be run on netbooks — Android and Chrome? Is this part of a larger strategy, where Google will direct the two along different paths — Chrome for netbooks and Android for the smartphone? Or could the Internet search giant just be floundering, with [...]