Despite powering much of the cloud infrastructure that keeps millions of users files and folder online, Linux desktop users don’t seem to be having much luck when it comes to benefitting from the services themselves. Today sees Amazon launch desktop apps for their ‘Cloud Drive‘ service – but only for Windows and Mac users. Anyone making [...]
How does free, unlimited cloud storage sound? Well former file-hosting service MediaFire are offering just that, as they seek to reposition themselves as a key player in the ‘cloud storage’ market. When compared to the free 5GB offered by Google Drive and Ubuntu One it’s a compelling lure – but what are the ‘catches’? ‘No Difference’ I’ll [...]
When a product that is hyped as much as Google Drive fails to deliver for your OS from the get go it’s easy to feel disappointed. But it seems patient we need to be: Google Drive is coming to Linux. ‘Hang Tight’ The news comes via Google Docs and Drive Manager Teresa Wu, who, in response to [...]
Google has finally launched its long-anticipated cloud storage service ‘Drive’. Offering 5GB of free storage to anyone with a Google Account, the service outdoes similar offerings from Dropbox, and matches that offered by Ubuntu One. Drive is accessible from any web browser at drive.google.com or one of the dedicated clients it provides for Windows, Mac and Android. [...]
A new ‘stable’ release of image editor Pinta is now available to download – but is it any good? That answer will depend on how patient you are. I’ll get the ‘drawbacks’ out of the way first. For despite this latest release of the one-time Paint.NET clone being called ‘stable’ it is, sadly, as buggy [...]
In news that won’t surprise many, Google have formally announced that Picasa for Linux is no-more. The desktop photo management/editing tool has been available for Linux since 2006. “As we continue to enhance Picasa, it has become difficult to maintain parity on the Linux version.” writes the search giant on its official blog. “So today, we’re deprecating Picasa for Linux and will not [...]
