What is WINE? Wine is an open source program written for linux to run windows and mac programs under linux. Wine is not an emulator. WINE stands for "Windows installer not emulator" . It contains required libraries, codecs to load windows application on Linux operating system.   Stable version of Wine is available for Download- Download WineHQ for Ubuntu Download WineHQ for Debian Download WineHQ for S ...

1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."         2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in ...

"Today Mozilla and the Rust community are releasing version 0.1 of the Rust compiler and associated tools. Rust is a strongly-typed systems programming language with a focus on memory safety and concurrency. This is the initial release of the compiler after a multi-year development cycle focusing on self-hosting, implementation of major features, and solidifying the syntax. Version 0.1 should be considered ...

The Next LTS OS of Ubuntu is its 12.04. Here is a sample video that will feature a HUD (head-up display) system, replacing the old menus. Take a look at the video above to see how the HUD feature works and how it will help us do our the daily tasks. We now understand why the Unity interface was developed! ...

The Technical board of UBUNTU recently decided to provide LTS- Long Term Support versions of Edubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu 12.04 and Xubuntu 12.04. We can expect Edubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu 12.04 and Xubuntu 12.04 to stay for 5 years supporting Desktops and Laptops. A LTS is a type of Operating System that Ubuntu releases with all recent features and updates, such that, the OS will serve for a long period of time (fe ...

Microsoft at their keynote revealed that the company sold more than 18 million Kinect units for the Xbox 360 gaming console. What Is Kinect? Kinect, for those unfamiliar with, is a motion sensing input device that allows Xbox 360 gamers to interact with the system through body movement and their voice. Kinect for the Windows operating system has been officially announced during that keynote, which will be a ...

With yet another beautiful example of feature creep and an overwhelming belief that Windows 8 must please all of the people all of the time, Microsoft has unveiled Storage Spaces, a new RAID-like storage solution that will be built into Windows 8. In essence, Storage Spaces allows you to group physical disks into pools of any size (pools of hundreds of disks, as found in a datacenter, have been tested by Mi ...

Bored with the same Windows 7 theme? Or do you want to get a ‘Awesome Android‘ appearance on your system? First have a look at all the amazing Android-Win7 OS! Its really ‘Awesome’. Installation Windows-Android Startup Desktop and Start Menu Its just a 26mb skin pack. Droid fan? What are you waiting for? Its really amazing, though its not the actual Android OS like the Gingerbread or the Ice Cream Sandwich. ...

The Mobile handset giant Nokia has acquired a Norway based Smarterphone, a company which builds operating systems for basic cellphone (also known as feature phones in the industry). The acquisition was announced by Smarterphone’s Nordic investor parent, Ferd Capital which invested more than 6.5 million Euros ($8.3 million) in Smarterphone in since 2007 The acquisition was confirmed by a representative of No ...