Yorba Desktop The Gnome Desktop and Beyond

Sep 10, 2012

At a time when many developers are focused on cloud applications, Yorba’s sights remain fixed firmly on the desktop.

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Practical Wine Building a Wine environment for Windows applications

Aug 06, 2012

More and more Windows applications run on Linux thanks to Wine. If you spend a little time on configuration and troubleshooting, you won’t be stuck in Windows – even with applications that no one dreamed would run on Linux.

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Fstransform Converting filesystems with Fstransform

Jul 24, 2012

Fstransform converts a filesystem without formatting the media or deleting any files.

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Byobu Byobu, a session manager for the command line

Jun 21, 2012

The Byobu session manager extends the shell, adding a range of useful functions, such as splitting the screen, running programs in the background, or organizing programs in tabs. In particular, administrators who rely on SSH will appreciate Byobu.

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Practical Wine Building a Wine environment for Windows applications

Jun 21, 2012

More and more Windows applications run on Linux thanks to Wine. If you spend a little time on configuration and troubleshooting, you won’t be stuck in Windows – even with applications that no one dreamed would run on Linux.

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Command Line: Wodim Burning with wodim

Jun 21, 2012

Wodim works behind the scenes in popular CD/ DVD-burning software, but it’s even more powerful at the command line.

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Ext2Fsd Accessing Linux filesystems from Windows with Ext2Fsd

Jun 21, 2012

Sure you can access Windows partitions from Linux. But what if you want to connect to your Linux partitions from Windows? Ext2Fsd offers an easy solution.

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CrossOver Install and run Windows applications on Linux with CrossOver

Jun 21, 2012

If Wine has thrown you into the impenetrable depths of operating system arcana, you might try CrossOver, a commercial application that contributes to the Wine project.

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