The second article on social networking in a row has me feeling like I ‘m presenting an episode of BBC Click [1], but by the good fortune of chatting with a kind Diaspora user/Identi.ca user, I managed to get an invite whilst in the middle of my Google+ adventures. I don’t need to re-iterate my … Continue reading »
Posted in July 2011 …
Google+ an insidious Facebook clone or a long overdue alternative?
I haven’t been silent regarding my disdain for Facebook. I dislike the posturing, I dislike the multitudes of Facebook drones buried in their mobile phones on the train and I dislike the attitude of someone who is little older than a kid telling people that other kids should use Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg allegedly). Facebook has … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 56 – 24/07/11 – “The Grilling! ;)”
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) A rather different show (and one in which I take a back seat on). Michael Glasser is our guest for this episode and whilst we cover a few pieces of news, the show is mainly focused … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 55 – 15/07/11 – “Alliance, Alliance, Alliance?”
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) These show notes are rather late and probably would not have this introduction had it not been for certain dubious characters in comp.os.linux.advocacy trying to suggest that I am blaming Skype for the poor quality. The … Continue reading »
A look at: MikeOS 4.1.1 – A barebones OS written totally in Assembly.
With so many projects in the world of Tech, its very easy to spend time merely focusing on the most common apps/distros, be it Firefox, Chromium, Ubuntu, Fedora or discussions about Gnome3, Unity or other hot topics from recent news. Today we are looking briefly at MikeOS which is a rather unusual project and at … Continue reading »
A look at: ArtistX (1.1) – LiveCD (3.6GB)
Ubuntu is probably the most common for distro’s to derive from, the number of Ubuntu variants is staggering and whilst many can share aspects rendering them virtually identical, the one thing about a distro based on Ubuntu is that there is an accepted (high) level of functionality you can expect out of the box. ArtistX … Continue reading »
A first look at: The Platform Shooter (0.1.1-linux64)
For many years, some “Tech pundits” and “critics” have claimed “Desktop Linux is dead”, of course that statement is incorrect as we have companies like Canonical thrusting their Linux flavour into the mainstream with more people experiencing Linux on their desktop. As indi development moves forward in leaps and bounds too (which many hugely successful titles) … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 54 – 07/07/11 – “Gimme some money!”
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Due to Roy being so quick with the show notes for another episode of the TechBytes show, I’ll rely mainly on Roy’s text to give you further insight into what this show contains. Suffice to say, … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 53 – 06/07/11 – “Pirates Ye Be Warned!”
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) A diverse collection of digital musings from Roy and myself. Weighing in at approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, you will hear (amongst many things) how a .com domain could get you a free trip to … Continue reading »
