Top 10 blog posts for December 2013 from Linuxlandit & The Conqueror Penguin.

1.- The state of Linux: the most popular Linux distributions [Infographic].

DistroWatch is a website which provides news, popularity rankings, and other general information about various Linux distributions as well as other free software/open source Unix-like operating systems such as OpenSolaris, MINIX and BSD. It now contains information on several hundred distributions. It was originally published on 31 May 2001, and is maintained by Ladislav Bodnar.The site

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2.- Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2014.

Continuing a long-standing New Year’s tradition, today we present an up-to-date list of the world’s most-visited BitTorrent sites. At the start of 2014 The Pirate Bay continues to pull in the most visitors, followed by KickassTorrents and Torrentz. Household name isoHunt.com disappears after settling with the MPAA, but its replacement isoHunt.to is one of this year’s newcomers. With 2013 now

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3.- List of software that are a fork or derivative work based on XBMC Media Center, an open source media player application.

OpenELEC (short for "Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center") is a free and open source embedded operating system providing a complete media center software suite that comes with a pre-configured version of XBMC and third-party addons with retro video game console emulators and PVR plugins. OpenELEC is an extremely small and very fast booting Linux based distribution, primarily designed to be

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4.- Tmux is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles.

What is a terminal multiplexer? It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal. Download tmux 1.8 or get the development version. tmux is hosted on SourceForge and needs libevent and ncurses . Tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be      created,

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5.- The Great Fall Of Internet Explorer.

A really nice Info Graphic about the decline in Internet Explorer usage over the years. Internet Explorer was the King in the Internet Browser World. Then came Mozilla Firefox and took a slice of pie from Internet Explorer. But IE was still the King of the jungle. Then came Google Chrome. Everything toppled. IE is not the king anymore. In fact its user base is decreasing. Below is a

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6.- Ubuntu Linux: Install Google Chrome Browser Command

How do I install Google Chrome in Ubuntu version 12.04 LTS or v13.04 using command line options? You can get a fast, free web browser from Google. You will find binary packages for the Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/openSUSE Linux. In this, FAQ I'm going to explain how to install Chrome browser in three simple steps. Tutorial details Difficulty Intermediate (rss) Root privileges Yes

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7.- The Raven II is helping the open-source community advance the state of the art in surgical robotics.

'Open-source' robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs. Raven II system developed at UC Santa Cruz and University of Washington. Team members posed with components of the Raven II surgical robotic systems developed in the Bionics Lab at the Baskin School of Engineering. From left to right: Zachary Wells (bioengineering undergraduate), Calvin Yoo (bioengineering

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8.- OpenELEC is a Linux-based embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC, the open source entertainment media hub.

OpenELEC is a Linux-based embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC, the open source entertainment media hub. The idea behind OpenELEC is to allow people to use their Home Theatre PC (HTPC) like any other device one might have attached to a TV, like a DVD player or Sky box. Instead of having to manage a full operating system, configure it and install the packages required to turn

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9.- Top 10 blog posts for September 2013 from Linuxlandit & The Conqueror Penguin.

1.- Molecule Man is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Mastertronic in 1986. Molecule Man is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Mastertronic in 1986 for a variety of 8-bit home computers. A level editor is included which enables the player to design their own mazes.Molecule Man is trapped in a radioactive maze and must reach the escape teleport before the radiation

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10.- KlyDE Lightweight KDE Desktop project.

Choice has always been a hallmark of the desktop Linux world, where users can select not just the distribution they prefer but also the desktop environment, among virtually countless other features. Soon, however, the pool of desktop options will get even bigger thanks to a new project that recently launched. The project, currently codenamed “KLyDE,” for “K Lightweight Desktop Environment,”

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