LibreOffice celebrates its birthday with the release of the first version with a 4 in front of the dot. All modules offer substantial improvements and the kinds of changes that warrant a major version. We look at some features worth celebrating.

The Alfresco collaboration tool lets you track documents, share content, and collaborate with team members – and it integrates nicely with Microsoft SharePoint.

The simple but useful adtool lets you manage an Active Directory domain from the Linux command line.

The Software Freedom Conservancy is raising funds to fill a major gap in free software functionality.

maddog considers the benefits of teaching students how to write device drivers.

FlareGet accelerates your downloads and avoids the consequences of disconnections while downloading files.

Defragfs optimizes files on a system, allowing videos to load faster and large archives to open in the blink of an eye.

TeamViewer v8.0 offers new features for easier remote administration.