"Nowadays, half the free software world seems to be building Gecko-based browsers (and the other half writing plugins for them). With so many available, you might think the Kazehakase browser would hardly rate a mention. However, Kazehakase breaks away from the pack by being one of the few browser projects that is actually thinking of new features and ways to enhance old ones."
Read more »Scorched 3D makes tank battles fun
Whether or not you remember the days when DOS was DOS and real geeks played Scorched Earth, a turn-based warfare game with tanks trading shots at each other until one was destroyed, you might find Scorched 3D, a modern remake of the old classic, just as addicting today as those playing the original did then. Not only that, it is the Project of the Month for May on SourceForge.net.
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Camino browser revision walks onto Mac OS desktops
Mac-owning free software fans got a treat this week with the release of Camino 1.5, a major upgrade of the Mozilla-based, OS X-native Web browser.
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Blu-ray burning for Linux
Phoenix Software and Nero have announced that Nero Linux 3 is now available in South Africa. Nero Linux 3 offers Blu-ray disc and HD DVD data burning support.
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Watchdog group pans Google's privacy policies as worst on the Web
A privacy ranking lower than Microsoft? Remember the jailed Chinese blogger? Can Google be trusted?
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Fedora 7 - A Review
A review of Fedora 7, based heavily only the out-of-the-box functionality. Fedora 7 has some great things to offer, but also has a few shortfalls. However, these shortfalls should be seen as a very ethical decision on part of the Fedora group.
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KOffice 1.6.3 released with major updates to Kexi
KOffice 1.6.3 is out with a long list of changes, particularly for database management tool Kexi, the KOffice answer to Microsoft Access.
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Lunch break diversions: PONG! Multiplayer and Lost Labyrinth
Sometimes the simplest game can be every bit as addictive and fun as monster games like Halo 3 or Gears of War. This is probably the reason why games like Pong still remain popular to this day and continue to inspire developers. While there are probably hundreds of versions of Pong-inspired games out there, one that will appeal to hardcore Pong fans and casual players alike is PONG!
Read more »How to boot Knoppix 4.0 from a USB Flash Drive
The following instructions describe the process for installing Knoppix Linux on a USB flash drive. This allows the OS to be booted directly from the flash drive. The instructions have been tested to work on Dell Optiplex GX270 and GX280s.
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Taking OpenSolaris for a spin
If you're like most Linux users, you've heard of OpenSolaris, but I'm willing to bet you've never tried it. One reason, as former Debian co-founder and now Sun Chief Operating Platforms Officer Ian Murdock explained, is that OpenSolaris doesn't come as a packaged operating system like Linux does.
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Why so many Linux distributions?
Seriously, there are so many different distributions and they are all very similar to each other with superficial differences to separate one from the other. So why is it that there are so many slightly different copies of Linux floating around?
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Linux Game Review: Nexuiz Linux Game Review: Nexuiz
Nexuiz is a 3d first person shooter (FPS) done in the old Quake 1 style of gameplay where graphics weren't as important as was the raw fun of pure deathmatch play. That form of gameplay has been lost in many ways in the newer games of today with their greater concentration on graphics and less on gameplay.
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Quick First Review of the Dell Ubuntu Notebook Computer Inspiron E1505N
The Internet was operational immediately without any further setup. Using Firefox, I was able to access all my favorite websites. Going to youtube.com, the Flash plug-in installation was required, which was successfully completed in a few simple steps. Along the way I plugged in a USB mouse which was immediately functional without even asking a question.
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No Penguins On Today’s Safari? — TalkBMC
"Moments ago Apple announced that Windows users can now download and run their popular Safari web browser. That's right, more Apple software on Windows boxes. Safari is a pretty cool browser, and I do use it on my MacBook Pro. But where's my Safari for Linux? Why wasn't today's announcement about open sourcing Safari?"
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Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn — Cool, Fresh and… Unstable
"This will not be another “I just installed Ubuntu — it beats Windows — try it yourself” type of review. It is going to be rather a report from another successful upgrade, pointing out the biggest surprises and the most miserable failures of the latest release of Ubuntu Linux, codenamed Feisty Fawn."
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