Archive for the ‘Online apps’ Category

Linux and FOSS-related Predictions for 2010

First, I’d like to wish a Happy New Year to everyone! 2009 has been a very interesting year (at least as far as tech goes) and I’m sure we will see some amazing stuff this year, that is why I would like to make a few brave predictions. I am very excited about 2010, we [...]

The Pointlessness of Google’s Chrome OS

I was initially reluctant to write a post about Chrome OS, seeing as  Engadget and the other heavy machinery immediately posted murky “details” about Google’s new lightweight operating system, even though everyone fully knew that any screenshots and technical data were most likely fake (as a side-note, I find Gizmodo’s “deep reading” Chrome OS article [...]

Wispy “Clouds”, Chance of Rain

This guest post was written by Jezra. You can find out more about him and his projects at www.jezra.net

Everyone keeps talking about “cloud” computing these days, and there seems to be a lot of concern regarding security and privacy of data. For those that are new to the subject, cloud computing typically involves using web-based [...]

5 Linux Identi.ca Clients – Screw Twitter

At the moment there is a lot of talk on the Internet about the micro-blogging site Twitter, but I see less love for its open source counterpart, Identi.ca.
The laconi.ca micro-blogging platform, created by Evan Prodromou, is free as in freedom. There is the “original” laconi.ca installation on identi.ca, but you can also download laconi.ca, install [...]

Cool Command Line Apps for GNU/Linux and other Unix Systems

Even though I am a strong advocate of learning as much as you can about using the command line, I admit I like my GUI a lot (and Compiz of course ). The CLI can be really useful for repairing your system or just doing some task that takes far more clicks in [...]