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The Best Games for Linux: Top 5

June 29, 2011
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The Best Games for Linux: Top 5 – Despite its popularity with advanced users, we all know that Linux is not the most widely used platform for gaming. As a result, the number of interesting titles is very small compared to other operating systems. Despite this, Linux provides an opportunity for all types of developers to create games of all kinds and of superior quality, which means that in recent times there has been some very interesting games. Although there [...]

Linux From your Web Browser

June 3, 2011
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The Frenchman Fabrice Bellard, who is known for been the founder of FFmpeg (free software that can record, convert and stream audio and video) has created a website that emulates running Linux on your web browser. When asked why he did it, he simply answered: “I did it for fun, just because the new JavaScript engines are fast enough to make complicated things. ” It is worth nothing that the emulation must be executed from Google Chrome 11 or Firefox [...]

5 Security Tools for Linux

April 19, 2011
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Since it was launched, one of the biggest advantages of Linux operating systems has been its security. But the security confidence in this operating system could be starting to decrease because hackers have started to target them, since they have gained so much popularity in recent years. This is not a surprise to anyone, because hackers generally focus their resources against the most used programs. Windows had always been the preferred target, until alternatives such as Apple and Linux started [...]

5 Mistakes Commonly Made By Linux Newbies

March 3, 2011
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In recent years the growth of Linux as an alternative operating system has noticeably increased. For a long time it was believed that these operating systems were only for advanced users. But that has changed thanks to more accessible versions such as Ubuntu. Due to this many users with ordinary skills have decided to switch to these new operating systems and have encountered some problems and errors that are simple to solve if they take the time necessary to find [...]

OpenBVE – Train Simulator For Linux

February 9, 2011
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OpenBVE is a train driving simulator similar to Microsoft Train Simulator, but free. It has a version for Windows and Linux and is kept alive due to the contributions of the community in terms of routes, locomotives, cars (etc) . Which can be downloaded online. We have many activities to choose from. Those of passenger services, can become long and somewhat stressful but are pretty good. The cabins of the machines (depending on the creator) are very well created, as [...]