Reviews

Let’s Go : A First Look At Google’s Go Programming Language

Go is a new systems programming language launched by Google, and has received wide attention in the programming community. This article gives you an overview of this language, with some specific examples to help understand its features.

Netbooks: Facts, Figures, Options and Opinion

A wrap-up of Linux-based operating systems and also the netbooks that are on offer.

The Ultimate Organiser for the Console Junkie

Introducing Calcurse, a text-based organiser that can work as your personal assistant

A Training Institution that’s Going Places, while Breaking New Ground!

By targeting students from distant shores, a training and certification institution has created a lucrative offshore travel-cum-training certification business that could be the forerunner of a BPO-scale industry!

The Ultimate Distro Showdown: Ubuntu 9.10 vs openSUSE 11.2 vs Mandriva 2010

After pitting the three against each other what followed was the battle of the century, as each distro pulled off one unique trick after another to stay on top of the game.

Experiencing Sabayon 5, oh

The current releases have done away with the idea of showcasing the games factor and concentrate on giving an out-of-the box desktop experience.

Ubuntu 9.10 Unleashed, Amid Windows 7 & Snow Leopard

The latest Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala gets reviewed, along with the GNOME 2.28 desktop environment.

Slackware 13: Is it Really Worthy of the 21st Century?

The latest version of the oldest surviving GNU/Linux distro comes with updates galore, including a KDE4 desktop and ext4 filesystem. It perhaps even has everything for a geek. However, whether it makes the cut for a typical desktop user is the real question.

KDE 4.3: It’s the Desktop You Need, Almost

“KDE will very shortly become the desktop you need and not the desktop we think you need,” was something stated by someone from the KDE team. Looking at 4.3, we think there’s a fair chance that version 4.4 actually gets there.

Linux Game Review: Pingus

It has been scientifically proven that breaks at regular intervals increase productivity and there could be no better game (other than Desktop Towers Defense) other than Pingus to fit into that bracket. What more, Pingus is so addictive that it definitely manages to keep you rooted to your seat, scenario after scenario.