Netflix streaming is finally working natively on Linux, without the need to trick the website in to thinking that you’re actually running a different OS. Streaming via Google’s Chrome browser is currently working on a few distros including Ubuntu, Fedora and the Ubuntu-based Mint. More distros are expected to be supported over time.
Monday, September 08 2014 @ 06:01 AM CST Contributed by: Linegod
KDE allows you to easily customize the look and feel of your desktop by controlling different parts of the visual appearance. The combinations are almost endless so you have to play around with them to find which suits your tastes best. This quick guide shows how to configure every part of the KDE visual appearance
Less than a year after their announcement that they planned to invest a billion dollars in the Linux platform, IBM continues to ramp up their Linux play by rolling out Linux on Power System servers across 54 of the IBM Innovation and Client Centers worldwide. This comes almost two years after IBM announced that they had ported Linux to the Power Server platform.
Sunday, August 24 2014 @ 09:27 AM CST Contributed by: Linegod
Command-line utilities like lsof, ps, and netstat may be basic, but they are surprisingly powerful. Many of us still love them and use them regularly.
Wouldn’t it be cool if these tools had Wireshark-like filtering capabilities and the ability to run on any given point in time, past or present – for example when an error happens or when a process exits?
Linux Terminal: speedtest_cli checks your real bandwidth speed.
Saturday, August 23 2014 @ 11:35 AM CST Contributed by: Linegod
What’s your upload and download speed at home (or in your office) ?
Are you really sure that you get what do you pay for to your ISP ?
To test the speed of our internet connection There are several internet services such as SpeedTest a web service that is available both from Web browsers and mobile application.
Step 1: Get Chrome. I'm using the v38 beta, but I assume it works on v37 (I use Firefox mainly, but chrome is the only browser aside from IE that has what is needed)
Borderlands: The Pre-sequel will be the first Borderlands IP to release on Linux, according to 2K.
Take-Two Interactive's first leaked the news with their recently released financials, which listed Linux as a platform for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. We've reached out to 2K, and they have confirmed that it will indeed be headed to Linux this fall.