Many Windows users, when coming to Linux, feel the lack of some everyday used applications. One of the most searched is IrfanView, a powerful graphic viewer available only for Windows systems. Fast and light-weight, IrfanView is freeware for non-commercial use and it is designed to be simple but powerful. IrfanView has some unique and interesting features, it was the first[…]
Read moreGoogle Stadia, the cloud gaming service operated by Google, has finally arrived. We have tested it on a ridiculous cheap PC with a 30$/€ AMD Athlon 200GE CPU with integrated graphics. We played the first game (out of Destiny 2) on the list: Samurai Shodown. The game is playable and fun, the audio was perfect, the graphics at FullHD 1920×1080[…]
Read moreIn the past, I had a lot of troubles with the snap ecosystem and I suggested to not use it for the production systems. All my first attempts to use snap failed, all my PCs became unresponsive, all the applications in snap version proved to be much slower than others. But I want to give snap another chance, so I’m[…]
Read moreGNOME is one of the most loved/hated desktop environment. Its history starts a long time ago and its community is incredibly big: GNOME is one of the most modern DE but due to features and poor optimization, it has often given the fast experience of lighter DEs like LXDE, Mate, or XFCE. Those DEs made the system much more responsive[…]
Read moreAs readers of this site/blog know well, I am passionate about everything related to the customization of operating systems and, in particular, of desktop and Linux environments. So as a great user of the related groups on Reddit, r/unixporn on all, sometimes, I also enjoy posting some shots of my experiments. The latest is AMD-nix on r/desktops, in clear response[…]
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