Steam Closed Beta for Linux is now available
Well, as the title of this article says, VALVe launched last night the very solid Closed Beta of its client for GNU / Linux….
Applications
Knowing the alternatives: Dolphin vs Windows Explorer
Welcome to the first article in the series: Knowing the alternatives. To the point I want to get to with this kind of ...
Install Thunar 1.5.1 with tabs on Xubuntu 12.10 or 12.04
A few days ago we had the pleasant news that Thunar would have support for tabs in its version 1.5 and now ...
Knowing and exploiting the potential of KRunner
Unity users will know that one of the most interesting new features that this Shell brings to Gnome is HUD….
SolusOS prepares a new installer
Ikey Doherty does not rest and in his G + profile he is showing us what the new installer of ...
Connectbot: Access our PC via SSH from Android
In recent days I have had access to a mobile with the famous Android 2.2 operating system and I have ...
Does Apache OpenOffice Future?
A few days ago the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced that Apache openOffice would be from now on a Top-level Project ...
Thunar will have Eyelashes!
Well, as is, I just found out from the xubuntu-devel mailing list and I confirmed it on the ...
Record audio output with RecordMyDesktop
Many times I have come across that I want to record my screen but I don't want the microphone to record but ...
ASCII logo with system details on the terminal (any layout)
Well, today I come to explain how we can put the logo of our distribution with some details of the system in ...
Solutions for RecordMyDesktop and Microphone.
Many times I see people who try to record the screen (Screen) of their computer but they cannot get the audio ...
Qmmp: A lightweight audio player written in Qt
KDE and Gnome users have excellent audio players, and in the case of the German desktop, almost all ...
Recover deleted files easily with Photorec from the console
The other days a friend came with a serious problem! They had formatted the MicroSD on her cell phone and they died ...
View space and information of HDDs in terminal (dfc command)
To know which are the partitions or devices mounted on the system, what size or space each one has, like this ...
PDF reader that only consumes 3MB
One day tired of my PDF reader loading the memory from 12 to 25 mb I decided to look for one ...
Keyboard shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is for me the best browser that we can currently find on the market, and not only for being ...
ZIM: A Wiki on your desktop
Zim is a simple text editor, the different notes that we are creating are saved as plain text in a ...
Knowing the alternatives: Introduction
What's the use of going through life saying our layout is great if we don't really show ...
Available DockBarX 0.90.3
Version 0.90.3 of DockBarX, an application that became popular as an Applet for the dashboard, has been released.
Comparison Table: Which browser consumes the most? Rekonq, Firefox, Chrome, Chromium or Opera
Today I woke up with a curiosity ... how much does SinceLinux consume open in a browser? So I decided to open it and ...
Changing the location of Thunderbird's profile and folders
For a long time, I have a habit of locating all the folders with my information on a partition (or hard disk ...
Xubuntu 12.10 available with new offline documentation
We already talked about Ubuntu and Kubuntu 12.10 and of course, the version with Xfce is not far behind, and it is ...
Nemo 1.0.4 and Cinnamon 1.6.2 available
From the Cinnamon blog we get the news that includes the Linux Mint File Manager, a fork ...
Helps choose LibreOffice icons using a survey
They seem to be taking design work seriously on the LibreOffice team, and that's why ...
Is it necessary to have internet and be updated to use GNU / Linux?
A recurring theme (especially in my country) is the fact that whether or not you need Internet ...
Firefox 16 is retired due to a security problem
Just a couple of days ago version 16 of Firefox was released, and today I find out from ...
How to change the icon of Kmail (and other applications) in the system tray (tray)
I like that my desk has uniformity and that each element of it is related. That is why I am ...
Available for download Firefox 16: Focused on developers
It is already on the Mozilla FTP as usual, the final version of Firefox 16 available for your ...
Cryptocat, the beautiful and interesting alternative for private chats.
I'm not someone obsessed with privacy, that's something that many who know me know, but if I have it ...
Testing FirefoxOS thanks to r2d2b2g
Many may have read the news that you can now test FirefoxOS on your computer, all thanks to r2d2b2g ...
IRC client for «Irssi» console
Greetings, today as is my habit looking for software to install and test I came across this IRC client for the ...
Share your photos easily with Gwenview and KSnapShot
Currently with the rise of social networks, many users feel the need to share documents, photos and that type ...
Terminology: The Ultimate Terminal
Our dear friend Perseus has started a new personal project, a blog to be more exact, and in one of ...
Another nice mockup for LibreOffice [+ Video]
In DesdeLinux we have already posted several articles on some proposals that various users have designed for the LibreOffice / OpenOffice interface….
IRC Client List for GNU / Linux
In the late 80s and early 90s one of the most popular means of communication in ...
Ultimate solution for streaming radio with IDJC on CrunchBang Linux 10 and Debian Squeeze
After a weekend of struggling with configurations, dependencies, repositories, and bugs of different sizes, my mind was ...
Between browsers and expectations
We are in the middle of a war. Not just any one, but a browser war. The 4 most used browsers to ...
The titles <° FromLinux in your Conky
Hello colleagues, today I bring a quick and practical guide. Has it ever crossed your mind to see the headlines of <° Since ...
Fluxbox: Installation and commissioning
Fluxbox is, along with Openbox, one of the most popular and used window managers today. In this…
BE :: Shell Installation and Configuration
I had already told you about BE :: Shell, and in this article, I will explain step by step how we can install this beautiful ...
New app: Shortens. The easiest way to shorten URLs
Throughout these years I have made many scripts. Scripts that allowed me to install lots of packages, scripts of ...
New PPA for Chromium on Ubuntu 12.04
I've been wanting to take a look at Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin for a long time, mostly for ...
Convert manuals (man) to PDF
Many of the GNU / Linux users when we want to know how a program works, check its options, or simply read its ...
Recover passwords from PDFs
Many of us, for various reasons, password different types of documents or files, but many ...
Advanced package searches with Aptitude
Aptitude is a tool that helps us to Install / Remove / Purge / Search programs that we have installed in Debian and derivatives. Its use is ...
Deleting multiple files the easy way with MC
MC (Midnight Commander) is a powerful tool created by Miguel de Icaza (yes, the same creator of Gnome) that has ...
Tips: Change the icon of the Deadbeef tray
DeadBeef is one of my favorite audio players when in GTK environments. The ugliest DeadBeef icon ...
Disable the Touchpad in KDE while writing
In the short time that I have been using KDE, I have been able to confirm my opinion that it is the most complete Desktop...
Available to download Firefox and Thunderbird 15
It is now available to download version 15 of Firefox and Thunderbird, where the most relevant improvements appear only ...
Record with your microphone in the simplest way possible (for KDE, Gnome, Unity, Xfce, etc)
For a few days I was wanting to finish some video tutorials about something new that I have learned, I wanted to use a microphone ...
HowTo: Install BlueGriffon on Linux
Hello community, here is my first post, today is one of those days when it is raining here in ...
MPD: A versatile demon for music.
Hi good day. Let's talk about the versatile MPD: Music Player Daemon by its original name in English. According to…
How to use Dropbox on Xfce (Thunar)
Many XFCE users have been abandoned to the favoritism of some services by other desktop environments. By…
TextMate 2 is distributed under the GPL 3 license
OS X users, or at least those who have used this Operating System, will know that one of ...
sensors: Know all the temperatures of your computer
I have a laptop, it is not one of the largest (14-inch display only) but it has a CPU at all ...
Package repository in FromLinux
Using the reprepro tool I have created a small package repository for Debian Testing users (32 bits), which…
Replace Thunar with PCManFm in Xfce
As all Xfce users know, Thunar lacks many options that make life easier for us on a daily basis such as ...
Thunderbird 15 Beta 1 with new design and integrated chat
I have excellent news for Thunderbird users, and it is that, although Mozilla has decided to kick ...
Available Firefox 15 Beta 1 with interesting news for developers
I have a friend who is a web developer and he has always told me something that I share 100%: Firefox is the ...
Configuration editors (* Conf-editors)
Since Gnome 3, Unity and Gnome Shell came out, I started looking for another environment since I didn't like it ...
Install and configure Plank in Debian Testing + [My desktop this week]
Yesterday we saw my desktop on the PC that I have with KDE, and today we will see the desktop that I have on my ...
MenuLibre: Like Alacarte but light.
To edit the main menu on GTK-based desktops there are 2 ways: With a mitt or by installing an editor ...
Available to download Firefox 14.0.1
Even though Mozilla had not made the official announcement (as usual) version 14 could now be downloaded ...
Mobile Media Converter. Excellent application to convert videos
The application that I show you above is called Mobile Media Converter. Without a doubt, the best I have found ...
Encrypting emails with GPG
I will try to make a practical guide as universal as possible for any Linux, Mac and Windows distribution, on this ...
Axel: Downloads by terminal better than with wget
We have already seen how to download files from the internet through our terminal, using wget… but wget is unfortunately not perfect. When…
How to install Lightread on Debian Wheezy
Well after my blog partner's entry, I set about trying to install Lightread on ...
Lightread: Beautiful RSS reader for Google Reader
At last my prayers have been answered. I had always wanted an application to read my entries in Google Reader, which ...
Gnome will not have any customization tools. This is the reason.
There is something that I have had to learn to deal with in my day to day and I am still not done ...
Fixing Gnome: The SolusOS Nautilus Patch
I just published an article about the huge mistake that in my opinion Gnome has made by eliminating some ...
Dolphin needs help
I don't know how relevant this note may be, but I found it interesting to share it. Here the link in English, http://freininghaus.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/dolphin-2-1-and-beyond/, no ...
Thunderbird is no longer a priority for Mozilla, mobile telephony is
Half a blog has already echoed the announcement made by Mozilla about what the future will be ...
GWoffice: What LibreOffice could be (in terms of interface)
I find an interesting article on Webupd8 where Andrei shows us a new application called GWoffice, which allows us to work ...
What's new in Gnome 3.5.2 or more of the same?
Although I have not been a Gnome user for a long time, and much less a Gnome Shell user, I think it is worth the…
Skype 4.0 for Linux fresh out of the oven
And no, I'm not kidding, it's serious, today June 14, 2012 version 4.0 of ...
Available for download Thunderbird 13
As usual, with the release of Firefox 13, comes the launch of the same version of the client ...
Using VIM: Basic Tutorial.
I never thought I was going to say this, but I'm incredibly liking the best editor out there for ...
Available to download Firefox 13
As usual, even without the official announcement, we can now download the next stable version from Mozilla's FTP ...
Play Zelda: Mystery of Solarus DX on GNU / Linux
Maybe it's out of nostalgia, or because I was brought up with old-school methods that 2D games ...
How to activate Mono-Window mode in Gimp (Gimp like Photoshop)
Although we already announced the release of Gimp 2.8, and in that same post we mentioned the news that this new one brought ...
Gimp 2.8 available on Debian Testing
I thought it would take much longer but no, we can already enjoy Debian Testing of Gimp 2.8, with all the ...
Install Screenfetch
Sreenfetch is a script which shows us the information of our system on the screen. To install it write in terminal ...
Gtk3 discussion continues in Xfce 4.12
When you don't want to do something, you look for thousands of excuses to hold onto so as not to carry out the ...
Are you looking for a portable and OpenSource client for Twitter and Identi.ca for Windows? Hotot is the alternative
Many of us have become very essential to connect to social networks, this does not represent a ...
Discovering the CLI: From wma to mp3 in 2 steps
Hello to all the vicious and lovers of GNU / Linux environments that like me, we spend the day trying to do ...
The desing foundation… a crazy idea that I have been discussing for a long time.
GIMP, Inkscape and Blender are the three great references of free software design and they are also the three tools ...
Skype for Linux is not dead, it is just in a coma.
We had long since put our hopes aside when Microsoft got Skype since for a long time ...
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 available. Anyone interested?
OpenOffice users apologize but I'm going to be "spicy" with this article, as it will be written under my more ...
Geary: New mail client [+ Installation on Debian]
Geary's purpose is to be a lightweight Mail Client for Gnome, and if I'm not mistaken, it was born from ...
Install Gimp 2.8 on Debian Testing (Wheezy)
Thanks to the Yoyo company we can install Gimp 2.8 guiding us through the tutorial that we can find at this link. The steps…
Yoda Soccer: For soccer lovers
Are you a soccer lover? What about retro "something" games? If so, you will be happy to know that we can play now ...
Do you want a minimalist browser? Python is the solution
What is a Web Browser? Well, simply an application that allows us to view the content of available sites or pages ...
Available for download Gimp 2.8
The wait is finally over. After two years of development, we already have version 2.8 of ...
Available for download LibreOffice 3.5.3
LibreOffice version 3.5.3 has been released by the Document Foundation, a release that increases stability and performance ...
Ahorcapy: Hangman Game in Python by Son Link
How interesting  This game is made by Son Link… currently the stable version 0.9 is available,…
The implications behind Steam's imminent arrival on Linux.
Today has been the "day of Ubuntu" according to many users, but the truth is that for me it is news ...
Wuala the ultra-secure cloud service.
After reading about this in Pardus Life I was drawn to the option, but until today I haven't…
Is it final? It is real? Did Steam finally come to Linux?
This was the bump in the morning, the boom, this is what runs through various Twitter accounts and ...
CDCat: Have your CD / DVD / HDD information handy by making a catalog of them
For quite some time I have chosen to burn on DVDs what I consider important, for example animes that I liked ...
Elementary team player Noise is officially released.
It's no secret to anyone that the Elementary team is doing their homework, and doing it well ...