Use Slack in the Terminal using finch (or irc)

Corporations often use the chat client by Atlassian called Slack. If you are a Slack user, there’s a chance that you might work in software development, or work on the…

Whatsapp and Telegram in a text mode user interface

If, like me, you spend a lot of time in the command line, you might find that using your social media / chat apps via the terminal might be beneficial…

Bitcoin wallets for Linux

For veteran Linux users, trading or using bitcoin really isn’t a big deal, but if you haven’t been around Linux for very long, you might like to know about the…

Pinebook Pro, $200 Linux laptop available to pre-order

Pine64, the makers of a popular Raspberry Pi rival, have kicked off pre-orders for a $200 Linux laptop, the Pinebook Pro.  In an age when smartphone owners are balking at $1,000…

Olive Video Editor. The newbie that’s out to take on Final Cut Pro?

It’s FOSS has a short write up of a new video editor called Olive. It’s got grand plans: to be an open source (free) alternative to the professional video editor…

Raven: An awesome news reader

I have used RSS on-again and off-again for many years. It’s a great way to aggregate the news you want to read, from sources all over the web. The problem…

Linux Mint 18.3 Installation & Review

Linux Mint is a very well known desktop version of Linux that’s suitable for the everyperson as a drop-in replacement for a Windows or Mac computer. At the time of…

Portainer: An easy to use gui to run and get docker containers

I met up with the team from Portainer.io in my home town of Wellington, New Zealand when they paid a visit to a Linux user group there. Their product is an…

See What’s New in GNOME 3.26 – OMG! Ubuntu!

Check out the latest version of Gnome 3.26, released today! Review by OMGUbuntu: www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/top-gnome-3-26-features

Use your Chromecast from Linux and MacOS with mkchromecast

Stream audio and video from the Linux desktop to your Google Chromecast? No problem! MkChromeCast is a free, open source app to cast audio and video from your macOS, or Linux desktop to your…