October 2008
12 posts
Thumb Drive Linux Systems →
These days, it only takes an increasingly-cheap USB thumb drive and a program like UNetbootin to create a portable Linux desktop you can run on any computer that can boot from a USB port. But check out the list of distributions UNetbootin can download and install—it’s huge, and the names don’t tell you much about which distro is best for on-the-go computing. Today we’re detailing...
Adobe Labs - Adobe Flex Builder Linux Public Alpha →
Welcome to the Adobe® Flex™ Builder™ Linux alpha on Adobe Labs. Flex Builder Linux is a plugin-only version of the Flex Builder that you can use to build Flex applications on Linux. Feedback from previous alpha releases has been very positive, and we are pleased to continue offering this version.
Stellarium →
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
Free CodeWeavers →
Free CrossOver for Linux - commercial version of Wine. Download it for free!
Hive Five: Five Best File Compression Tools →
Several Linux tools are mentioned in this list of “top 5” archive utilites. I’ve used 7-zip on Windows, but I have never heard of PeaZip. Checking to see if there is an openSUSE package for it.
live.linux-gamers.net →
I’ve mentioned this DVD before, but thought I’d bring it up again - a Linux Live DVD with over 25 games ready to play.
live.linuX-gamers.net is a Linux live-dvd distribution: “boot ‘n play”
In the Beginning was the Comand Line →
Linux turns 17 | Linux Journal →
Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and just dying to cut your teeth on a OS you can try to modify for your needs?
WCD Wherever Change Directory →
I miss the wildcard CD from 4DOS. Maybe this will help?
WCD - Wherever Change Directory chdir for DOS and Unix, w/C src Another Norton Change Directory (NCD) clone with more features.
MouseJail v0.01 Beta download page →
Cool looking utility for dual screens on Windows - lock the mouse to a particular screen while running a game. Games like Neverwinter Nights let the cursor wander over to the othe screen, which can seriously hose things.