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Here we will step through the process for installing TeamSpeak 3 on Linux. Most of this will work on any distribution, but it is geared towards a system running Gnome. This should work on any recent version of TeamSpeak 3 as well, and any upcoming ones unless they make a major change to their package. What is TeamSpeak 3 TeamSpeak is VoIP software designed with security in mind, featuring crystal clear voice quality, scalable up to thousands of simultaneous users and endless customization options. Packed with powerful features and incredible performance, TeamSpeak is your Swiss Army Knife of voice communication. Download TeamSpeak 3 The first thing will be to get Teamspeak 3 from the companies download page. Select to download the Linux application in either 32 bit or 64 bit, depending on your system. https://www.teamspeak.com/downloads.html Install TeamSpeak 3 The file likely downloaded to your Downloads directory under Home. The package will need to have executable ri...

Left 4 Dead 2 has now been made available in Linux in Steam. This is the game that was first reported to be coming to Linux with the Steam client. It has finally arrived and will not disappoint. Just yesterday Portal was released and now Left 4 Dead 2. I don't know if Valve is seeing any profit with all this effort, but I am sure glad they are making the effort and give them my full support. The latest reports show that Linux usage has peaked and has begun to decline. I am hoping that this is just due to the bulk of games being available being indie games that were mostly already available in Linux through other means. Hopefully the launch of major games like Portal and Left 4 Dead 2 will help bring those numbers back up and continue to rise to new heights. I myself have many good games available in Linux from Oil Rush to Waregame: European Escalation. If Valve continues to bring there other Source games to Linux, that would be the end of Windows for me as I would have enough g...

I have been using Firefox for almost 8 years. I have loved being able to customize it with a few extensions  and such. This was the major thing that kept me from change to Google Chrome when it was first released because I am a huge Google nut. Firefox has served me well but recently I have felt it has gotten sluggish and unstable. Recently most of the features and extensions I used to use are no longer required or invalid, the biggest being Better Gmail to enhance my Gmail experience. Now most of the features it are supported directly in Gmail. With Firefox no longer missing any features added by extensions it becomes a direct battle between speed, usability and stability for me. For me this battle was quickly won by Chrome for several reasons. First is that Chrome has a few nice extensions that offer nice features for me like Google Voice and Flixter. Something similar is available for Firefox but it just works so nice in Chrome. Second is Chrome's syncing ability...

Over a month ago I purchased a Samsung 940BX. I had the 15.4 inch widescreen monitor but I just wanted something a little larger for my main computer. I did some searching around but I eventually settled down with the Samsung. It was highly regarded and seemed to be the best priced for the quality. I must say, I'm quite impressed. It has a height adjustment that that allows you with enough room to get it as high or low as you need it. The colors on the monitor are quite bright. I noticed a difference in quality the second I booted it up. The screen also auto-adjusts and I've never even had to manually adjust it. Way better than my old CRT monitor which I had to adjust every time I changed resolutions. There is no annoying notification either, it just handles it perfectly. As for games and movies, I haven't had any issues. It has great picture and response time. I haven't noticed any ghosting or issues with it not refreshing fast enough. The viewing angle is also quite d...

I've had a Gravis controller for several years. It was a nice contoller with two analog sticks and buttons galore but it had one major problem. Its drivers were horrible. I would install the drivers and the contoller would work for a while, but eventually it starts acting up. I'll plug it in but it wouldn't work until I would reboot the computer. Just recently I bought the new game Marvel Alliance. When I tried to start the game with my Gravis, the game just crashes. To start the game I had to make sure the contoller was not plugged in so I could at least play using the keyboard. This was very hard though. I couldn't easily do a lot of the needed combos. So my search began for a new controller. The battle was between two. I was looking at the Logitech and the Xbox 360 controller. I went with the Xbox 360 controller because I'd seen that there were drivers for it in Linux. I wasn't able to find anything for the Logitech. I don't have any current games in Linu...