today's howtos

• How to install Linux on a Chromebook

• How To Kill All Processes Of A Specific User With ‘slay’

• Create your Website Using Drupal In Ubuntu 14.10

• netsniff-ng: More than I bargained for

• wiggle: A little room for wiggle

• How To Use GCC 5's OpenMP & OpenACC Offloading Support

  At this point it's not exactly trivial to take advantage of the offloading capabilities with GCC even with supported code, but there's a few more steps to jump through when compiling the code. If you're interested in the routine for building code with GCC 5+ for offload support, this GCC Wiki page has started coming together nicely in recent days and is worth a shout-out if you want to get involved and test the new capabilities that for now are focused on OpenMP 4.0 / OpenACC for NVIDIA NVPTX and Intel Xeon Phi targets.

Leftovers: Gaming

• Dying Light Action Survival Game Coming to Steam January 27

  Dying Light, a modern first-person survival horror game set in a world hit by plague, is now available for pre-purchase on Steam and will be available for download on January 27.

• Dying Light FPS Has Been Confirmed for Linux, Zombies Galore

  Techland is preparing to launch Dying Light, a new FPS with amazing graphics and hordes of zombies. The developer has revealed that it will also have a Linux version, right from the start.

• Dying Light Is Now Confirmed For Linux, Bring It On Techland

  Dying Light is now confirmed for Linux thanks to the announcement from the developers on the Steam store itself. The Linux icons show up on the store pages, and the game even has a steam coming soon banner on the home-page. Time to get seriously excited.

• Star Traders: 4X Empires Strategy Game Now On Linux

• 5 reasons Valve's Steam Machine dream is still very alive

  Steam Machines? More like has-been machines, am I right? Actually, no: while many people are giving Valve's PC-console-hybrids the cold shoulder, this gamer reckons they'll be worth the wait. I realise that I'm part of a shrinking group still backing Valve's SteamOS-powered Linux boxes, and it's not difficult to see why the hype around them has all but evaporated. Several controller-related delays, U-turns by seemingly committed hardware partners and a lack of news from the top has made many think that Valve is blowing hot air.

Android Leftovers

• Signs of progress: One month with Android Wear 5.0

  We take a look at how Android Wear works, and even manage to break some stuff. Android Wear 5.0 came out last month—it was the third noteworthy update to the wearable OS, following versions 4.4W.1 and 4.4W.2. It's not a significant enough update to merit its own standalone review, but it's been a while since our last check-in with the platform. Plus, the launch of the Apple Watch is just a few months away at most.

• Which Android device works with Now TV?

  If you want to explore the world of TV streaming you may be better off spending a little more on a budget Android tablet with an HDMI output, says Rick Maybury

• Android 5.0.2 Lollipop to roll out for Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Tizen Samsung Z1, made in India and soon to be available in Bangladesh

As we have reported Samsung has been sending the parts for its Samsung Z1 SM-Z130H/DS to be assembled at its Noida plant in India, which has the capacity to produce over 4 million handsets per month. The Samsung Z1 was launched in India as the first Tizen based commercial handset at a competitive price of 5,700 INR.