ELFkickers 3.0 Announced After 10-Year Hiatus
Jun 01, 2011After a decade break, ELFkickers rolls out 3.0 release.
more »The sys admin’s daily grind Calendar-related crontab issues
May 31, 2011This month, Charly considers Jacobin rule, Napoleon Bonaparte’s neoconservatism, Jewish and Islamic tradition, and a cronjob that nearly worked.
more »openSUSE Build Service Now Open Build Service
May 27, 2011openSUSE Build Service has a new name and new website.
more »Intel Capital Invests in CrowdStar, iStreamPlanet, Music Mastermind, and PerspecSys
May 23, 2011Intel Corporation's global investment organization announces US$24.5 million in U.S. computing investments.
more »Free Software Projects Programmable Blinky Lights, DIY Desktop Fab and 3D Printing, Arduino Boards
May 23, 2011Free/Open Source isn’t just about software, it’s also about hardware. Open hardware projects are proliferating, and just like open source software, you can get started inexpensively. Here are three projects that are fun, useful, and suitable for beginners to embedded programming, robotics, and building electronic devices.
more »Ubuntu App Developer Week: April 11-15
Apr 05, 2011New and experienced developers are invited to participate in Ubuntu App Developer Week, April 11-15, at #ubuntu-classroom on IRC.
more »Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and Updated SDK Tools Released
Dec 06, 2010Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead, announces today's release of Android 2.3 and updated SDK tools.
more »MeeGo 1.1 Released
Oct 29, 2010MeeGo 1.1 rolls out; 1.2 expected in April 2011
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Issue 32: Getting Started with Linux 2nd Ed./Special Editions
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News
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NextCloud 14 Arrives
The new version adds two new security features for users.
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Linus Torvalds Takes a Break, Apologizes
The creator of Linux is admitting his abusive behavior on LKML and plans to change.
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A New Business Model for Open Source Projects
Storj offers a new program that enables open source projects to monetize from storage.
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Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 Released
It’s Linux Mint without any Ubuntu base packages.
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Zorin OS 12.4 Released
It’s an extremely popular distribution among Windows and macOS users.
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Debian Celebrates Its Birthday
The great community Linux distro turns 25 years old.
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Chromebooks Support Debian Applications
Containerized Debian environment is now available through the Chrome OS dev channel.
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Opera Embraces Snap for Linux
Announcement may open doors for more mainstream applications to adopt Ubuntu's Snap package system.
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Canonical Fixes Boot Failure Issues in Ubuntu
The regression that led to boot failures was introduced by a previous patch.
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Weird Unofficial LibreOffice Version Shows Up in the Microsoft Store
Unknown developer wants you to pay $2.99 for a free tool.