LinuX-Gamers EDITION

The Linux Live Game Project is a compilation of games for Linux,
and requires no previous knowledge on how to set up Linux and
all its applications. It’s a Live DVD that’s based on Arch Linux, so
there is no need to create space and partition drives, either Depe-
nding on your hardware, you’d be well warned that some of your
drivers may not be open source. We ran our tests on an NVIDIA-
based motherboard. This can be a little irritating to see every
time you boot up: you need to agree to continue, and once you
do, the drivers are loaded and the GUI boots up. There’s not
much to see here other than a thick bar with a list of games there.
Now the games on this distribution aren’t your typical low-end-
card games you find on your Windows and Linux Desktops. These
are full-fledged 3D games, including FPSes like Warsow, Tremulous,
and World of Padman. Sauerbraten is another pretty good-looking
game that makes use of some fancy-looking shaders.
It’s not all FPS mayhem either—games like Foobilliards (a pool
game) and Blobby 2 (a 2D ball game) will appeal to casual gamers.
Real-time Strategy (RTS) and Role-playing Game (RPG) fans can
always try out Warzone 2100 and The Battle for Wesnoth. For
those with a need for speed there’s TORCS (The Open Racing Car
Simulator)—a fairly decent-looking car racing game, and gl-117—a
rather bad-looking flight simulator.
The performance of the games on our old test machine—an AMD
64 3800+ with 1 GB of RAM and the onboard NVIDIA 6150
graphics—was more or less satisfactory. What is irritating is
the amount of time games take to load off the DVD. You can save
your settings on a USB drive if you wish.
Unfortunately, other than playing games,there’s nothing much you
can do with this distribution. If that’s all you want, then Linux Live
Game Project has a decent collection of games where you can spend
a lot of free time.Site: http://live.linux-gamers.net/

MICROSOFT WINDOW VISTA

There has been so much talk about Windows Vista but it seems that the
house is divided. It seems inevitable for users to move up to a higher
operating system but some are simply not willing to concede and surrender XP.
If you look closely at the abundant blogs in the internet, many are filled with
reasons why not to buy Vista. On the other hand, there can be some good reasons
to buy too. Naturally, we all want to be updated and move with the changes in
technology. Other than this soon to be mandatory reason however,
Vista actually has its charm and potential for usefulness. You should
therefore get Vista for some good reasons.

User Interface
The new user interface is not only appealing to the eyes but easier to
use and simply pulsating with life. Enhanced navigation includes live
thumbnails and flip 3D features as well as various animated effects.
Operating system messages are better written, understandable, more positive
and more accurate. In many ways, the Vista interface experience has more depth,
almost like interacting with a live creature.

Instant Search
Some simply see Vista as possessed with a degree of intuition when
it comes to performing searches. The Vista Instant Search is of course
faster than previous search function versions. Aside from the speed though,
Instant Search is system-wide and can automatically perform its function at
the start menu, control panel and Windows Explorer. It will also allow indexing
through user determined data and categories.

Multimedia Applications
Any new Vista user will rejoice at the wealth of possibilities with
Vista multimedia features. Windows Media Player for example features
stacking and media sharing with other computers. Windows Movie Maker and
Windows DVD Maker are also wonderful features. The former allows editing HD
and DVR-MS videos and DVD burning. The latter supports DVD creation.
Photo enthusiasts will also be glad with the new Photo Gallery which will
let you manage, organize, edit, print and rate your photo files.

Parental Control
Parents now have an extra reason to give thanks. Now, parents can
be away from home and not worry about their kids going over restrictions.
With Vista, parents can block specific websites and content based on category
or type and can even prevent downloads. Parents can also specify time limits on
account use.

Internet Explorer 7
Probably one of the best features of the new Internet Explorer is better
privacy and security. With the new technology used in Internet Explorer 7,
users can actually be kept secure from websites with doubtful intent.
The new Internet Explorer will also stop code from a third party from reaching you.

Meeting Space
Another great reason to buy Windows Vista is because of its
peer-to-peer collaboration feature which will let users interact
and share with members of a network. Desktops, work and messages can
now be easily passed from one member to another.

Windows Defender
If you’ve had some terrible encounters with spyware in the past,
then Windows Defender on Vista may be the best answer for you.
Aside from scanning for spyware, it will also give you feedback on
changes because of spyware.



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