Ubuntu/Debian Linux: Cairo Dock is an app launcher for Ubuntu and Debian Linux that closely mimics the sleek look and feel of the Mac OS X dock. Cairo Dock works with or without OpenGL, and makes for ...

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Could we possibly find an individual more unlike Linus Torvalds? We are told Jobs is ill-tempered, mean, merciless, unconscionable and abusive to those that work with and for him. We are told to trust ...

After a year or two of looking for some cheap PPC hardware, I finally lucked out with a PowerMac G3 233 at a garage sale. I'm not all that into Mac OS 8 or whatever it's running, but I'd love to have ...

Up until now, Mac OS X and Linux users had been left out of the social—that is to say they haven’t been able to use the Microsoft Zune with their operating system. “Until now” because the library ...

One of the things I dislike about using Irssi in a terminal window on OS X is that I often miss the screen flash when someone mentions my name in IRC. With some fancy SSH tunneling (maybe more on that ...

The reason that Knoppix was the first Linux distro I'd used was probably because of the TechTV show The Screen Savers. I ...

How do I install and set up Linux on a Mac? Linux is an interesting and slightly less well-known operating system – although Macworld’s tech-savvy readers are likely to know at least a little about it ...

Despite Mac OS X seeing almost eight years of public use, numerous years of development, and a pseudo career on NeXT hardware, some archaic users still aren't quite sure of the staying power of the ...

In today's open source roundup: Is it worth it to install Linux on a Mac? Plus: Why Google+ failed. And the death of Google+ is coming Some Linux users have found that Apple’s Mac computers work well ...