Blender for Visual Effects

Video editing and visual effects are two closely related fields. They’re also
dominated by expensive proprietary software. There are open-source
alternatives to some of these packages, and some of them stand up very well
by comparison. more>>

How to get the brand and model of your graphics card with the command line.

This command will print out the model and make of your graphics card. This is another command to run on an unknown computer to see what hardware is in it. jason@eyjafjallajkull:~$ lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12 | head -n 1 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks XT [Radeon … Read more

UNIGINE engine shows how good PC graphics can look; this is a massive open area simulated in a computer.

This is what the UNIGINE engine looks like right now, http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/UNIGINE-Shows-How-Beutiful-Linux-Games-Could-Look-Like-with-Its-Latest-Update-2.jpg. The UNIGINE demo is showing us what the future of PC graphics will look like. This will be a future of massive open areas and amazing graphical quality with wide open areas emulated in a computer. This demo has graphical quality that would amaze … Read more

Playstation 4 console to be running the FreeBSD UNIX operating system.

The new Playstation 4 console will have the FreeBSD operating system running on it. This will provide a solid UNIX base for the gaming platform. The actual name of the operating system that will power the PlayStation 4 is Orbis OS, which is a Sony spin of FreeBSD 9.0. It’s not a huge surprise FreeBSD … Read more

Installing Virtualbox guest additions in Linux Mint 13.

I have installed a fresh copy of Linux Mint 13 in Virtualbox to experiment with and I needed to install the guest additions to enable full desktop resolutions and many other features. I downloaded the guest additions ISO from here: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/ and then added it to Virtualbox as a CDROM device. Once in Linux Mint … Read more