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Raspberry Pi has always been the cheapest of computers since it came into production, but they have broken the cheap barrier with this new model. The Raspberry Pi Zero

I have used Gnome Terminal for quite a few years, but now I use a much more capable Terminator.

The average phone is discarded every 2 years, and computing equipment every 3 to 5 years. They are usually in full working order, or even if broken can still be used in other ways rather than discarding.

The issue of an OS dying is more common than you would like, but how can you save your precious files when to fix it means wiping your computer and starting from scratch?

The CHIP, a ready to go computing board for less than a Raspberry Pi.

A rather critical Exploit has been uncovered in Google's own 'Chrome for Android' app which allows malicious programs to be installed without user intervention.

Data security is the most concerning thing in the modern age, but would you destroy your machine just to keep data safe, many companies are popping up thinking you will.

I spent a while browsing forums and message boards looking for an answer to a simple question. Can I carry a linux distro in my pocket, and one which wasn't an installation media. I eventually did it and this is how.

Dedicated servers are not for everyone, but when you need one why pay through the nose. I will show you how I did it for free.

Android and Chrome OS are currently two standalone projects which Google oversees, but rumors are flying around that they may be merged together.

I work in an office which utilities many different devices and operating system, yet I only know of two places we use linux, and that's not including embedded.

When I started my current role as a PHP Developer, I was given a laptop and the general accessories, but was given the choice of what OS I wanted to use. From a linux background I wanted linux, but as the other developers used windows I went with windows.

There have been lots of takes on the raspberry pi, mostly just upping ram, processor and the occasional port change, but many are generally a beefed up pi. Such as Banana Pi. But this one has a spin I have seen in no other.

Valve is reportedly removing games from its store which claim to work for Linux but dont actually work on the Steam OS Platform.

Windows has often been the harborer of Malware of all kinds and from all sources, but when your getting it from Microsoft, it becomes a worry.

With Ubuntu 15.10 (currently in development, to be released on October 22), Unity will stop using its original overlay scrollbars for GTK3 apps and switch to Gnome's scrollbars instead.

Windows 10 has been with us since the end of July, but even with it being mostly given away for free, it does not seem to be fairing that well.

The average phone is discarded every 2 years, and computing equipment every 3 to 5 years. They are usually in full working order, or even if broken can still be used in other ways rather than discarding.

Unlike other guides, I won’t push the whole “Give It Away” or “Donate Processing to X Project”. This is more for the sort of person who does not want to let go.

I have seen lots of reviews and comments regarding how SteamOS is changing the face of computing but also many confused perceptions of how it will knock Microsoft off its desktop throne.

I spent a while browsing forums and message boards looking for an answer to a simple question. Can I carry a linux distro in my pocket, and one which wasn't an installation media. I eventually did it and this is how.