Minetest, an infinite-world block open-source Minecraft style game with many games, that gives you the ability to mod a game to your liking, to make your own game, or to play on a multiplayer server. Minecraft was created by Markus “Notch” Persson in the Java programming language and was released as a public alpha for personal computers in 2009 before[…]
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Pop!_OS. Ubuntu without the Snap system
Ubuntu is certainly, with good credit, one of the most popular Linux distributions and one of the ones that most contributed to the spread of Linux in the desktop world. Unfortunately, as we well know, in the latest Ubuntu releases the Snap package system is by default which, despite all the good intentions of this world, is still far from[…]
Read moreelementary OS. The great Linux alternative to macOS and Windows
As claimed, elementary OS, one of the most beautiful and consumer-friendly Linux distros, is a fast, open, and privacy-respecting replacement for Windows and macOS. The newly released version 5.1 Hera is a major update on a solid foundation. Featuring a completely redesigned login and lock screen greeter, a new onboarding experience, new ways to sideload and install apps, major System[…]
Read moreWhy you should upgrade Windows 7 to Linux
Windows 7 has reached the end of its life. It will no longer receive security updates and Microsoft’s technical support will stop. Running an out-of-date OS can have serious potential risks, and if you’re one of more than 750,000 people using Windows exposed to the internet, you may have a problem. Fortunately, there are two simple solutions: 1. Buy a[…]
Read moreThe PinePhone. Open, friendly and smart
Welcome to 2020: Pine64 has announced that it is finally shipping its first opensource smartphone. The PinePhone is a modern device designed to run the main Linux distributions. The PinePhone doesn’t come with the OS pre-installed but with a factory test image for hardware test and verification. Like the amazing Linux tradition, users are expected to flash the operating system[…]
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