For the power-user in you, Unity Tweak Tool fills the void of the one-stop-shop configuration tool for the Unity desktop.
Like other tools of its ilk, Unity Tweak Tool provides users access to a plethora of features and configuration options not (obviously) accessible to the average user, and brings them all together in a polished & easy-to-use interface.
CoD of Duty is a first person shooter by Ryan Evans where all of your enemies are fish.
The game is based on a joke that Call of Duty always being abbreviated ‘CoD’ on the Internet. Ryan says:
flareGet is download manager for Linux that features dynamic file segmentation, HTTP-pipelining for accelerated downloads, supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and metalinks and more. The application is free to use but not open-source.
LibreOffice 4.0, the first release of the open-source office suite said to truly reflect the project’s objectives, has hit the web.
task spooler is a Unix batch system where the tasks spooled run one after the other. The amount of jobs to run at once can be set at any time. Each user in each system has his own job queue. The tasks are run in the correct context (that of enqueue) from any shell/process, and its output/results can be easily watched.
The first Ubuntu-powered mobile phones will be reportedly be available from October this year.
Reporting news from a meeting in New York on Tuesday, Michael Hickins of the Wall Street Journal says that Shuttleworth announced that the Ubuntu Phone will be shipping in ‘two large geographic markets’ come October of this year.
Gaming on Linux is really taking off. Half-Life and Counter-Strike: Source officially arrives on Steam for Linux client and those hugely popular game titles are now playable on Linux!
January has come to an end and the highlight of the month was undoubtedly, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held annually at Las Vegas. With each new events featuring latest and greatest from the world of consumer electronics, Linux and products based on it are becoming more prominent than ever. This year's CES was no different.
Microsoft Office Running Under WINE
Microsoft are considering a native Linux port of their popular Microsoft Office software – or so a rumour circulated at an recent open-source conference alleges.
John Carmack recently tweeted that Wine for Linux gaming seems like a better idea than Native ports, which triggered a big debate among Linux gamers.
The New Scrobbler from Last.FM
Last.fm recently released a new version of their scrobbling app — including a native version for linux.
Jonathan Blow (creator of award winning game 'Braid') said that his experience with Linux as a game development platform has not been very good.
Wadget Eye Games is looking to bring some of their games to Linux.
Steam's January 2013 hardware and software survey results are out. And OS market share on Steam is already showing signs of changes.
John Carmack, founder and technical director id software, recently tweeted that Wine for Linux gaming seems like a better idea than Native ports.
SoftMaker FreeOffice is a complete office suite with a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentation-graphics program:
FreeOffice TextMaker is more than just Word-compatible: It is not only great at document creation, but also at adding great-looking layouts.The FreeOffice PlanMaker spreadsheet is not only Excel-compatible, but convinces with ease-of-use, speed, and presentation-q