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Wine - Software for Running Native Windows Applications

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A software package for Linux systems that makes it possible to install and run software written for Microsoft Windows.

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ImageMagick - Powerful Programmatic Image Processing

Sunday May 19, 2013

ImageMagick is a free and open source software package for modifying and creating images. Unlike graphics packages such as GIMP that provide tools for manual creation and manipulation of images, ImageMagick is meant to be used by programs to generate and adjust images automatically. Interfaces are available for many programming languages, including Ada, C, C++, Java, Lisp, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl/TK. It can also be used from the command line.
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Tesla Model S using Linux

Thursday May 16, 2013

The all-electric car Tesla Model S, with a Linux-based on-board infotainment system, has been making headlines recently with record sales numbers and soaring share prices, as well as amazing performance data such as a 300 miles range on a single battery charge, 416 horsepower, 0-60 in 4.2 seconds.

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International Space Station Switches to Linux

Sunday May 12, 2013

The United Space Alliance has announced that the Windows XP computers aboard the International Space Station (IIS) have been migrated to Debian Linux. The reasons cited include the high level of stability and reliability offered by Linux based operating systems, as well good protection against computer viruses.
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Atomiks - Molecular Puzzle Game

Saturday May 11, 2013

Mateusz Viste has reimplemented the fun little science game Atomix changing the spelling to Atomiks to distinguish it from the original version from the 1990's.
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