A new project for sharing media files might be as important for its philosophy as its features.

Could Mozilla’s announcement of the Boot to Gecko roadmap, along with the continued development of other web-based operating systems, make which Linux distro you’re running less important than the desktop environment?

Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of LinuxTag expo. He currently works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine.com

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

The WordPress plugin repository contains many nifty plugins. We take a closer look at three in particular that can extend the functionality of your WordPress installation.

If you need a tool to make minor modifications in OpenStreetMap, Potlatch 2 is a useful choice as a fast and easy-to-use editor.

• Android gains market share
• VMware Workstation
• Perforce on Demand
• openSUSE 12.2 released
• CUDA 5 rc
• Web Foundation index measures world
• New Z shell release first since 2004

The World Wide Web Foundation has launched the Web Index – a new global study that “measures the impact of the Web on the world’s people and nations.”