graphical interface

Access remote Unix GUIs in Windows: Xming

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:38:14 -0600

A friend recently introduced me to the idea of X11 tunnelling, which is accessing programs over SSH whilst still maintaining a graphical interface.

iTWire - The joy of X - master the Linux GUI

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:12:11 -0600

If you're a Linux user you have no doubt heard of GNOME and KDE. These popular desktop environments are really the pinnacle of a deep iceberg of technology with the X-Windows graphical interface underpinning it all. Here are a couple of ways to tame X, kicking off a journey of unlimited ability to change the Linux look-and-feel.

Zina 2.0alpha9

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:54:50 -0600

About: Zina is a graphical interface to your MP3 collection, a personal jukebox, a Podcaster, and an MP3 streamer.

Create backup of all packages in Ubuntu

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:30:49 -0600

APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you’ve downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers

Fedora 10, a "Live" Solution for One Laptop Per Child.

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:05:11 -0600

On-Disk.com: "When One Laptop Per Child starts their next Give 1 Get 1 program on November 17th, there will be an option to purchase an upgrade that will allow users to run a standard Linux desktop based on Fedora 10, on their XO system (pronounced "ex - oh"). This special edition of Fedora 10 is an alternative for adults who may not find the child focused graphical interface called Sugar practical for daily use."

Towards kde 4.2: “La magia di plasma”.

admin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:33:44 -0500

Towards kde 4.2, our date with the news about kde 4 development version. Today we speak of plasma, the beautiful graphical interface for kde, which is growing and increasingly improving. My kdesvn-build-kdeplasma addons produced the result you see in the screenshot in my site...

New Kanzi(TM) Engine From Futuremark Adds 3D Graphical Interface...

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:28:59 -0500

Smartphone Show -- Futuremark, creators of industry standard graphics performance software, today unveiled Kanzi, a graphics engine that allows manufacturers to add visually stunning 3D user interfaces to ...

OLPC Releases Fedora-Based Linux Distribution for the XO Laptop

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:03:44 -0500

Softpedia: "The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) developers announced today a new release of their XO Software, a Fedora-based Linux distribution designed for the XO laptop. The new version is based on the popular Sugar graphical interface, Fedora 9 operating system, and includes some core software customizations for wireless drivers, Open Firmware, power management, and the NAND flash filesystem."

BSDanywhere 4.3

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:14:00 -0500

BSDanywhere is a new live cd, based on OpenBSD Unix. It allows you to run Unix on your PC, without any configuration or installs. It features a graphical interface (Enlightement 17), a good collection of software and automatic hardware detection. It's first stable version has just been released.

Distribution Release: XO Software 8.2.0

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:45:05 -0500

XO Software 8.2.0, a Fedora-based distribution designed for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's XO Laptop, has been released: "Announcing the general availability of XO Software release 8.2.0. Release 8.2 is based on a child-focused graphical interface called Sugar, a Fedora 9 Linux operating system and OLPC....