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20
Nov

Skype 2.0 beta for Linux includes video

Skype announced the release of a beta version of Skype 2.0 for Linux. The new version supports video, so Linux Skype users can now put the webcam to good use.
The Linux beta can be downloaded here. Hardware requirements are:

Processor: 1GHz or faster
RAM: 256MB
Hard disk: 20MB free space
Microphone and speakers, or headset
Internet connection, broadband is best, [...]


16
Nov

Linux game company opens doors, releases first game

On November 3rd, 2007, Sixth Floor Labs LLC announced that they launched their business. The press release can be found here.
They also released the first release of Project Alexandria, an Asteroids-like arcade game. This is downloadable for free here.
Although it’s commendable that a company decides to make Linux games, this game’s graphics look very much [...]


13
Nov

Setting up MXP to run under Linux

Recently our systems administrator asked me if it was possible to run MXP under Linux. “I don’t think there is a client of Progress for Linux, at least not graphical”, was my first response. But I got intrigued, and started digging (or rather, googling) around. And it is possible.
I’ll describe what I did under Ubuntu [...]

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