Big Changes in the Open Source Initiative! Take a Stand - OS.ALT
In this week's OS.ALT you can see my interview from oscon with Simon Phipps from the OSI. We talk about what the OSI is, what changes are happening to its structure, and how everyone can now both...
View ArticleFedora 17 is a Beefy Miracle: Review! - OS.ALT
In honor of meeting Beefy Miracle in person at last week's OSCON, I have reviewed the latest Fedora release. Rich with features, including some exciting new cloud service applications, and great for...
View Article5 Free Games That Don't Suck - OS.ALT
In this week's OS.ALT, I talk about five of the most addicting open source games available to be downloaded free today.
View ArticleLinux Gaming News: Open Source Console Makes Millions and Valve Shocks Us All...
Valve's recent announcement that Left 4 Dead 2 runs better on Ubuntu than on Windows has caused a lot of excitement and controversy. Also in this week's OS.ALT I talk about partnerships and games...
View ArticleHow to Fix Ubuntu Black Screen of DEATH - OS.ALT
By popular request I'll be providing a couple of tutorials to help solve some problems you have identified! This week on OS ALT I go over how to fix the black screen some Ubuntu users have seen with...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Open Source Utility Software Picks! - OS.ALT
From an awesome free antivirus to a sweet FTP, there are many ways to improve the performance of your computer for free! In this week's OS ALT, I talk about some of the best open source utility...
View ArticleTop HTPC Applications - OS.ALT
The heart of the home theater PC is its media center software. This is one area where free and open source applications shine - some of the top HTPC programs, home automation systems, and operating...
View ArticleNote to a Linux Gaming Killjoy - OS.ALT
Disclaimer: I like John Carmack. He's an intelligent and strong-willed businessman. I just had to set him straight on a few things. What do you think?
View ArticleLinux Gaming News - Vote on Your Linux Games Now - OS.ALT
We've known for a while that Valve is bringing Steam to Linux. One of the most exciting Steam projects for Linux gamers is Steam Greenlight, where we, the gamers, can vote on which games we want to...
View ArticleTop 5 Firefox Add-Ons - OS.ALT
With over 2 billion add-ons downloaded by Mozilla Firefox users, using extensions seem to be essential to using an Internet browser. Let me show you which ones are worth the download.
View ArticleThis Week in Linux Gaming - Steam for Linux a Bad Idea? - OS.ALT
The most recent indie bundle, Humble Bundle 6, is full of great Linux games and recently added 4 more indie games to the bundle. With Obsidian adding Linux as a stretch goal to Project Eternity, and...
View ArticleUbuntu Howto: Fix Unity Launcher - OS.ALT
Though this most recent release of Ubuntu has been good to us, it's not without faults. The launcher for Unity is awesome when it works. And when it doesn't, there's this tutorial!
View ArticleUsing a Virtual Machine to Run an Operating System Inside Another - OS.ALT
In this episode of OS ALT, Nixie describes what is a vm and how to install the free virtual machine software VirtualBox.
View ArticleWhats New with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal - OS.ALT
Is it worth the upgrade? What if you're new to Ubuntu? Today, I'll be covering some of the best new features of 12.10 in this weeks OS ALT!
View ArticleLinux News: This Week in Open Source - OS.ALT
Doing things a bit differently today, since there's so much linux news to be shared! So in the FOSS spirit, here's this week in open source. Enjoy!
View ArticleCommand Linux 101: Wget - Get ALL THE THINGS! - OS.ALT
Get ready, get set, it's wget! This is the most robust command in not just Linux, but Mac and Windows as well, to download all your favorite videos, music and media in every way imaginable. Truth.
View ArticleUnderstanding the Linux File System - OS.ALT
In Linux, everything is a file. All the files the kernel can understand are displayed. This can make for quite a scary file system for some, so I'm here to break it down!
View ArticleOpen Source News: Vibrators, Netflix on Linux and Germany - OS.ALT
Finally, Netflix for Linux runs easily, Munich saves millions by switching to LiMux, and San Francisco girl shows us what an open source sex toy is really like. Giggity.
View ArticleInstall Netflix in Linux Mint, Fedora and Ubuntu - Tutorial - OS.ALT
You've probably heard by now - Netflix works on Linux! Yes, installing Netflix on Linux has become much easier, but we still need to break out the command line. Let me show you the easy way to watch...
View ArticleLinux Commands 101: Howto Tar a File - OS.ALT
Though gz, tar, zcat and gunzip sound like names of rejected superheroes, they're actually part of a really powerful archive and compression tool in Linux. Learn about tar and more with my terminal...
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