Silverlight is a web browser plug-in developed by Microsoft that provides support for a wide range of multimedia functions, similar to Adobe Flash.
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Free 3D shooter game
Fast-paced 3D stereo "first person shooter" game that offers intense fighting in futuristic worlds.
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Wine - Software for Running Native Windows Applications
A software package for Linux systems that makes it possible to install and run software written for Microsoft Windows.
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Silverlight 2 for Linux
Friday December 18, 2009
FileZilla FTP Client and FTP Server
Wednesday December 16, 2009
FileZilla is a popular open source file transfer client program that provides an easy to use graphical user interface, restores interrupted file transfers, and supports SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol). Administration of multiple FTP sources and support for firewalls are provided as well. It is available for all major platforms and supports multiple languages.
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Aquaria for Linux
Monday December 14, 2009
The award winning role playing game Aquaria, which has been available for Microsoft Windows and Mac operating systems for a couple years, is now also available for Linux.
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Ubuntu 10.4 Alpha 1
Saturday December 12, 2009
Lucid Lynx is the code name for the next version of Ubuntu Linux, officially to be released in April of 2010. The first pre-release of Lucid Lynx is now available for download so that interested parties can test it and help fix bugs.
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