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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
Olive Video Editor

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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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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Good, Free OpenSource Web Conferencing using BigBlueButton on Ubuntu

August 3, 2017 Alistair Ross

Installing BigBlueButton on Ubuntu 16.04 BigBlueButton has been around a while now, and it’s definitely worth a look at if you haven’t before if you are in need of any of the following features: Webcam […]

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VIDEO: Twenty Five years of Linux in Five Minutes

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 Alistair Ross
Twenty Five Years of Linux Video

If you’ve read Chapter 1 of the Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide, you’ll have a reasonable understanding of the underpinnings and history of Linux. However, what you may not know is that Linux is now a quarter-century […]

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Solus OS: The desktop your girlfriend might like (Video Review)

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Alistair Ross
Solus 1.2.1 Screenshot

Yep, you read the title right! Solus is officially the desktop that you could sit in front of your significant other. She (or he) could probably pick it up, say “ooh, this looks nice”, and […]

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Hitman The Complete First Season for Linux and Mac now available

February 21, 2017 Alistair Ross
Hitman game for linux released

Hitman is the game that took the games market by storm. The complete first season, released on 31st Jan for PC. Usually Linux is left trailing far behind, or most commonly, not at all. This […]

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Video Guide of how to install elementaryOS (Loki) + Review

November 12, 2016 Alistair Ross
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ElementaryOS is a really popular Linux distro for new users. It looks and feels like macOS. It’s fast, free and slick. It’s loosely based on Ubuntu (it uses 16.04 at the moment as it’s base, […]

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Take video screengrabs of your desktop in GIF format with Peek

October 11, 2016November 23, 2016 Alistair Ross
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Review of Peek 0.72 omg Ubuntu and Jason and Noah from the Linux Action show recently reported on a new tool that lets you record a section of your screen and easily export it as […]

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How to use Alpine to use iCloud/GMail email from the command line

January 19, 2015January 3, 2016 Alistair Ross

Some times you are in an ssh session, administering a machine, it’s a slow link, or it’s just not practical to have a shiny graphical email program up and running. None the less, you need […]

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