At SGLNX, we’d given tips on how you can save money with opensource and linux by using alternative applications and operating systems that is cost free. It doesn’t take long to realise that if money can be saved using opensource, the knowledge can be used to earn money.
Here are some tips of how we at SGLNX is able to generate some revenue from our ever-growing experience and knowledge of opensource and linux
XBMC is a free opensource cross platform media player. It has its origins from the first generation XBOX game console, where XBMC was created as a homebrew media player making use of MPlayer sources as one of its cores. XBMC has since evolved with a huge and continuously growing forum with active discussions happening 24/7.
Its flexibility in allowing add-on scripts and user-created skins has also contributed to its popularity. User-contributed skins such as the “Aeon Stark” made it even more popular in the recent months. Video shown after the break.
ARE YOU SOMEONE WHOM:
1) is sick of dual booting just to play games using Windows?
2) Prefers not to corrupt hardened linux workstation with linux games?
3) Complains of not having enough games on linux?
Supergamer is a permanent fix if you answered YES to any of the question!
Fierce Looking Desktop Background
SuperGamer is a games oriented Live CD/DVD Linux OS. It has all the normal Linux desktop applications such as the Firefox Browser, OpenOffice.org, etc., but also has a great many native to Linux games added, as well as some demos of proprietary games.
Here is the list of games it comes pre-installed with :
| Quake Wars Doom 3 Prey Unreal Tournament Quake 4 Savage 2 Postal 2 Enemy Territory Penumbra Black Plague Sauerbraten Urban Terror |
Soldier Of Fortune Torcs Tremulous AlienArena True Combat America’s Army Nexus OpenArena PlaneShift Drop Team Frets On Fire |
Chromium B.S.U. Mad Bomber X-Moto BZ Flag Mega Mario Glaxium GL-117 NeverBall NeverPutt Super Tux PPRacer |
Download torrent here
or
Purchase the Live-DVD direct from On-Disk if you feel 8 gigabytes will take too long to download.
Source : Linux Journal
Or visit Supergamer website!
You might also wanna read up what Distrowatch has to say about the Supergamer linux distribution here.
Another story worth mentioning as this was published in the online edition of the Washington Post newspaper.
Columnist Brian Krebs recommends bank’s customers to use Linux LiveCDs to boot and login to their online banking accounts, rather than booting natively into their installed “Windows” OS which may be ridden with malwares and spywares that can steal passwords and login credentials. Brian also listed the steps to boot up via an Ubuntu LiveCD in his graphical guide.
Thumbs up!
First seen on Slashdot Linux
Original article on WashingtonPost.com
SGLNX believes all banks should advise its customers on the potential hazards of using an unsecured operating system.
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support) is considered the first linux distribution that offered support committed by its makers at Canonical for up to 3 years!
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktop
However, as the LTS is only for up to 3 years for its desktop version, the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS will reach its end of life today, 14th July 2009.
