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Bitcoin wallets for Linux

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Alistair Ross
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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 various Linux based bitcoin wallets […]

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

July 27, 2019 Alistair Ross

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 price tags on super-powered smartphones, […]

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

February 1, 2019February 2, 2019 Alistair Ross
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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 tools out there, like Final […]

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Raven: An awesome news reader

December 8, 2018December 8, 2018 Alistair Ross
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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 with it, for me, has […]

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Linux Mint 18.3 Installation & Review

December 10, 2017 Alistair Ross
Linux Mint 18.3 - Review, Video install guide and Google chrome howto

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 writing this article, Linux Mint […]

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

December 9, 2017December 9, 2017 Alistair Ross

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 awesome graphical, browser based docker […]

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

September 13, 2017 Alistair Ross

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

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Use your Chromecast from Linux and MacOS with mkchromecast

August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 Alistair Ross
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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 Google Cast devices or Sonos […]

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Ubuntu Budgie 17.04 Install and Overview / Review Video

August 7, 2017October 7, 2017 Alistair Ross

Budgie: the desktop that set our hearts a flutter… Solus OS had us believing that the year of the Linux desktop might actually be a reality. No really, Solus is a profoundly excellent desktop experience. The […]

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Parted Magic Disk Partitioning Live CD Updated with Linux 4.11.4, ZFS on Linux

July 8, 2017 Alistair Ross
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Parted Magic: Now with added ZFS goodness Parted Magic has been around a good long time now, and it’s something that every computer troubleshooter should have in his or her arsenal. If you’ve ever needed […]

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