Use the Built-in Security Features in Your FOSS Distro
When it comes to securing network infrastructure, the trend is to invest in commercial-grade appliances. Sadly, security designers tend to ignore the built-in security features available in FOSS distros. This article explains a…
A Hands-on Review of ICS on Galaxy SII
This is a first-hand review of Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) running on a Samsung Galaxy SII. While ICS lets you browse faster and helps you unlock your device using facial recognition, it…
Jamendo Android App: A Perfect Companion for Discovering ‘Free’ Music
A few hours ago I discovered a service called F-Droid — a catalogue website for FOSS Android apps. Installed the F-Droid APK on my SGS2, and while browsing the multimedia category on it…
Fedora 17 Review: It’s an Upstream Experience
Fedora 17 came out just last week. This is the first time I’ve installed it as a desktop in more than a year — last time was Fedora 14 (or was it 13?)….
Ubuntu 12.04 Review: An LTS Done More or Less Precisely
Ubuntu 12.04 is the fourth LTS release from Canonical that came out about a month back, and the first LTS with the revamped user interface, Unity, as the de-facto interface. Let’s take it…
Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon Edition: Makes the Old-timers Feel Right At Home
No Unity. No GNOME Shell. But a GNOME 2*ish-looking GNOME 3 + Compiz Muffin window manager, dubbed Cinnamon. It comes with a certain amount of polish, subtle desktop effects, and the right amount…
Virtualisation Face-off: Qemu, VirtualBox, VMware Player and Parallels Workstation
In this article, we take a look at four of the most well known and commonly used virtualisation software for Linux. When it comes to virtualisation, Linux unarguably has more prowess and offers…
Group Micro-blogging Using WordPress
To all the Net savvy social animals out there with a Twitter, Facebook, G+ and a whole lot of StumbleUpon accounts, here is a more exciting way to get going with your latest…
Winner Takes All: WordPress vs Drupal vs Joomla!
In this article, we take a look at WordPress, Drupal and Joomla! to determine which of the three CMSs is leading the race in terms of specific usage. When it comes to CMSs,…
Chrome OS: Good Gimmicks, But What Else?
I don’t own a Chomebook; and it’s been a couple of years since I’ve tried the Chrome OS — a pre-alpha release or something. Anyway, the new version came out yesterday. Most of…