Application developers keen to learn more about creating applications based on or using Ubuntu One APIs are being invited to a free event hosted by Ubuntu One developer Stuart Langridge. The ‘Ubuntu One Developer Program’ event will take place at 7 PM, Thursday, September 01, 2011 at the Manchester Metropolitan University. Billed as ‘an evening of talking Ubuntu [...]
A free, playable beta of Indie hacking simulator game ‘Hacker Evolution Duality’ has been made available for download for Linux users. The game, the third entry into the ‘Hacker Evolution’ series developed by exosyphen studios, sees you assume the role of programmer Brian Spencer whose hacking skills are needed to thwart both the plans of an [...]
It is called referral marketing, the simple aim is to get the advertisers more customers by the offers you complete. This improves their custom and is commission based so the freebie network can afford to buy your gift. Below is a more detailed explanation of how it works and how they can afford it. The [...]
Linux-supported DotA clone ‘Heroes of Newerth’ is now free for all to play. So why the change? Developer of HoN, ‘S2 Games’, hope the move will ‘lower the barrier of entry’, making it easier for new players to join in and play alongside their buddies. “As you may have heard, HoN is now operating under a new, free-to-play [...]
Ubuntu One has increased the amount of free storage given to users of its basic plan from 2GB to 5GB. The upgrade will be applied to all user accounts on the basic plan, which has been renamed ‘Ubuntu One Free’. Subscribers to the Ubuntu One Music service will also benefit from an upgrade, with the base storage [...]
The term Free Software can have a double meaning depending on your perspective. For many, like myself and most readers of this blog, Free Software means open source code. For most of the world however, Free Software means something completely different. Here’s how open-source evangelists understand the word “Free” in the phrase Free Software: We think [...]
