Linux Sysadmin notes, utilities and apps
Τhere’s a new Steam Beta client available. To access the Beta, go to File -> Settings. On the Account tab press the Change… button to open the Beta Participation dialog. Then Select “Steam Beta Update”, and allow Steam to restart itself. Here are the specific changes: – Fixed layout of installation wizard when installing multiple … Read more
I hope there is no need for introductions about Steam and its new Linux client. Well, Steam may not be ready for Ubuntu yet, but even in beta phase, Valve is making big steps of progress and it’s quite possible for us to have the official release at mid 2013. After all, there are already … Read more
Canonical wish you “happy new year” by introducing their all-new product for future release sometime late in 2013: Ubuntu Smartphone! Internet and social media are “on-fire” posting videos and articles about the new phone. All clues point to the same direction, and the Mobile War has been declared. Please, make no mistake here, Ubuntu phone … Read more
According to the Russian website AlwaysMoreDigital, Western Digital will have 5 terabytes (or 5000 GB) models of their NAS-optimized WD Red (modeL: WD50ERFX) and consumer’s WD Green (model: WD50EZRX) in late October 2013. Before we hit that date, Western Digital will release 4 terabyte variant (or 4000 GB) WD40ERFX and WD40EZRX models. All four hard disks will … Read more
Couple hours ago Serious Sam 3 public beta was suspended for Linux Steam beta testers. Now the game is available for purchase at $5 until 10 December instead of $20. According to the lead developer Alen: Well, how many other games (that are otherwise not free, unlike TF2) were available for free for Linux testing? … Read more
Steam for Linux client is currently under a closed-beta phase, while interal beta-testers are providing the necessary feedback for Valve. The client targets Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and is fully featured with access to the Steam Store, your Linux game Library, your Friends list and Community content. In addition to the client, a varied selection of … Read more
Valve have just updated the Steam for Linux client. Your client will update automatically but if you wish to force the update, click Check for Steam Client Updates…, from the top-level Steam menu. The following fixes are included in this release: added support for detecting kmod: video driver packages to the video driver detection code … Read more
NVIDIA today announced the latest NVIDIA® GeForce® drivers — R310 — double the performance and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming on the Linux operating system. [button color=”green” link=”http://utappiablog.wordpress.com/howto/how-to-install-nvidia-drivers-304-64/”]How to install[/button] The result of almost a year of development by NVIDIA, Valve and other game developers, the new GeForce R310 drivers are designed to give GeForce … Read more
Over the past years we’ve seen the Linux tech industry change a lot. Especially when you look at graphics card performance, the innovations and performance increases have been nothing short from astonishing. Anno 2012 things started to really change. We’ve seen a lot of gamers move into Unity3D, and be able through Valve Steam’s Greenlight. … Read more
Hurry up guys! CrossOver allows you to install many popular Windows applications on your Linux computer. Your applications integrate seamlessly into Ubuntu; just click and run. No rebooting, no switching to a virtual machine, and no Windows Operating System license required! CrossOver lets you run many applications such as Microsoft Office and Quicken. It also … Read more