Custom ROMs for Android: CyanogenMod and More
Wondering what’s the next step after rooting your Android phone? Read on to know all about beefing up your phone with custom ROMs for Android. If you’ve got an Android phone…
35 Open Source Apps for Mac Users
Yes, you read that right. No matter what the warlords at Apple may tell you, you can run open source apps even if you are using Mac OS, which itself is closed source….
Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix Gets an Update to 12.04
Canonical, the commercial company backing the Ubuntu project, had launched the Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix in February this year, based on Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot”, which was the current stable version Ubuntu back…
What’s New in Nmap 6
Nmap is Hollywood’s most famous “hacking” tool that has featured on numerous blockbusters. It was originally written to find hosts in a network thus creating a map of the network. Nmap does this…
Best Open Source Apps for Daily Use
What the proprietary world can do, FOSS can do better! That’s what this article hints at, as it takes you through the 11 most used open source apps. Every day, we use a…
Dryrun: Decoupling the Process
We take a look at Dryrun, an email-based interface via which you can run programs. Dryrun attempts to present an email-based interface to run your programs. For example, if icanhazoutput@gmail.com is the designated email…
FOSS in Academic Institutions
In recent years, we have seen open source being widely adapted by many organisations around the world — not only because of its cost-effectiveness, but also because of its stability, reliability, flexibility and…







