Wormux

  • December 12, 2007
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    Peter
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You'll have to forgive me, this is the second game review I've done in the past two days, after yesterday's look at Battle Tanks. After discovering this gem though, I simply couldn't not share.

The game is Wormux - and it is basically a clone of the Worms series of games originally by Team17. For those who aren't in the know, Wormux (and the Worms game) put you in …

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Battle Tanks

  • December 11, 2007
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    Peter
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It's about time we stopped talking about all this sensible software stuff for a moment and got down to what it should all be about - some good, fun, open source games. Today's serving is Battle Tanks, which as the rather inventive name suggests, involves controlling a battle tank and thoroughly blowing things up.

At the time of writing, most distributions don't ship Battle Tanks in the repositories, so …

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Video - installing Mplayer and the binary codecs

  • December 9, 2007
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    Peter
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Mplayer and the binary codec package is a potent combination for pretty much all your internet video needs on Linux. In this tutorial, Peter walks you through the installation on an Ubuntu system.

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Open Any Folder from Your GNOME Desktop

  • December 6, 2007
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    Jacob
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Today we have a quick tip for productivity in your GNOME desktop. This is not a well-known technique, but it is very fast and a quick way to open any folder.

While on your desktop (either with no windows open or with the desktop focused) type / (forward slash). Now type in a folder path and hit Enter. The directory will be opened in a new Nautilus window. On …

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