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Links 6/2/2014: Applications





  • Setting Performance Expectations For Wine Direct3D


  • First impressions of Antergos installation
    One of the amazing things about Linux is the fact that there is always something new out there to learn. A new package manager, a different desktop environment, a different philosophy, a completely different ethos.


  • 10 VsFTP (Very Secure File Transfer Protocol) Interview Questions and Answers
    FTP stands for ‘File Transfer Protocol‘ is one of the most widely used and standard protocol available over Internet. FTP works in a Server/€­Client architecture and is used to transfer file. Initially FTP client were command-€­line based. Now most of the platform comes bundled with FTP client and server program and a lot of FTP Client/Server Program is available. Here we are presenting 10 Interview Questions based on Vsftp (Very Secure File Transfer Protocol) on a Linux Server.


  • Developer Prepares uTorrent GTK Client for Linux, Are You Interested?
    At the moment, the uTorrent server for Linux only has a web-based user interface that doesn’t allow users to click magnet links in web pages in order to add them to the download queue. So, if GuTorrent becomes reality, it will be the first ever graphical client for the uTorrent server, a.k.a. the first ever uTorrent client for Linux.


  • First Look at Maxthon Cloud Browser for Linux
    Maxthon Cloud Browser for Linux is not yet an official release, as it’s still in development, and it resides on the official Maxthon forums for the moment, where users can grab the latest Beta versions. It’s easily installable on Debian, Red Hat and other Linux operating systems, especially Arch Linux users, as a package is already available in AUR.


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