As you have most likely seen on Ghacks, there are numerous ways to keep your Linux distributions up to date. There are new systems available such as the Ubuntu Software Center (see my article “The new Ubuntu Software Center“) that make installing software a piece of cake. But even with applications such as the USC [...]

Tags: apt, KDE, packagkit, repositories
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

KDE is not a desktop that should be overlooked. Not only did it completely redefine itself upon the launch of 4.x, it has added features that have made it unique in the land of desktops. But because KDE completely re-invented itself at version 4 it’s almost as if you have to consider this a completely [...]

Tags: desktop manager, KDE, linux desktop, ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

For the longest time I refused to see the value in Twitter. Over the last six months I have changed my tune on that. Now I use Twitter primarily as a PR tool for my articles. And since my renewed belief in micro-blogging, I have found plenty of tools with which to enact with Twitter.
One [...]

Tags: cli, command-line, tweet, twitter
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Online Services, Open Source, The Web, Tutorials Basic

RSS has become such a common source of information for us information junkies. Whether you are following Ghacks via RSS, your favorite news site, or your favorite blog, it’s nice to be able to get all of those feeds centralized on your desktop.
For Linux there are plenty of possible RSS feed readers. One of my [...]

Tags: aggregator, feed-reader, news, news reader, rss
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Online Services, Open Source, The Web, Tutorials Basic, software

When you think about office suites, two names come to mind: Microsoft Office and OpenOffice. There is a good reason for that – they are the two powerhouses in the field. Of course there are alternatives. For Windows there is Softmaker Office and Lotus Symphony. For the Mac there is iWork. For Linux there is [...]

Tags: Calc, excel, MS Office, office, office suite, powerpoint, presents, word, writer
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, software

IBM recently announced they are pairing up with Cannonical and Red Hat to develop a Windows 7 alternative (see “IBM Client for Smart Work“). This pairing makes perfect sense as IBM has been a supporter of open source and Linux for some time now. Not only that but IBM released their office suite, Lotus Symphony, [...]

Tags: cloud computing, ibm, lotus, smart work, symphony, windows alternative
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Mobile Computing, companies, software

I’m sure by now everyone here knows about Hulu. If not, Hulu is a rather huge collection of television programs that can be viewed on line, for free, with few commercial interruptions. It’s brilliant. You can watch old reruns of What’s Happenin? or Mork and Mindy or Alf! Yes, Alf! But many of you may [...]

Tags: hulu, movies, multi-media, television
Categories: Browsing, Desktop Manager, Entertainment, Linux, Music and Video, The Web, software