The KDE Project has announced the release of KDE 4.4 packages for Windows, reports OStatic. The packages allow Windows users to install KDE applications such as digiKam, Amarok and Konversation natively on Windows. The developers of KDE say that introducing Windows users to KDE applications is a lot easier than getting them to switch to [...]

Anyone who has children will know that it doesn’t take them long to get the hang of using a computer and, as soon as they can read, they’re ready to hit the Internet with a vengeance. But while the Internet is an awesome place for kids to learn and play it is also full of [...]

Open source software is anti-capitalism and undermines intellectual property. It’s not a new claim against free and open source software, but now a new report suggests that a pro-proprietary lobby group has not only been pushing this line around the globe but is also looking to get pro-open source countries listed on the US’ Special [...]

I own a laptop that came bundled with Windows Vista. I installed Linux as fast as possible, but left Windows as a dual-boot option mainly to check that things behave nicely in Internet Explorer. And a good thing too, because they usually don’t. I also keep it because I own some junk hardware that also [...]

I’ve recently upgraded my Lenovo Y510 from Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy, which I’ve been running since around May 2008, to Linux Mint 8, Helena (which is based on Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10). I used to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu every 6 months, but it got a bit tiring keeping up on the upgrade treadmill, running [...]

Fedora 12 has been released… Check out the feature list at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/12/FeatureList var addthis_language = ‘en’;

As the title says I’m going to talk about some of the differences between all of the above. This is also my first blog so I’m hoping that I don’t do it to badly. WINE is  basically a windows emulator for Linux operating systems. WINE allows you to run some applications on Linux that does [...]

The ONE thing M$ is very good at is propaganda, more commonly know as FUD. People like belonging to things and the Windows 7 launch parties make it cool so that people want to belong. Certain sections of the media also take this so that M$ now does not even have to pay for their [...]

Microsoft said on Monday that it will open up the data format behind its Outlook program, CNet reports. In a blog posting, Microsoft group manager Paul Lorimer said the company was working to publish the specifications behind Outlook’s .pst files. The move, he said, would “allow developers to read, create, and interoperate with the data [...]

The Ubuntu team last night announced the release of Ubuntu 9.10, aka Karmic Koala. Streamlined bootup and Gnome 2.28 on the desktop are just some of the main features of Karmic Koala. Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud setup is now included in the installer and AppArmor boosts system security. Desktop features GNOME 2.28 featuring Empathy: with this [...]