Eight features Windows 8 'borrowed' from Linux
(Feb 10, 2012, 20:03 UTC) (26 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT World: "And while Microsoft has long been accused of stealing from the open source community, according to some Linux fans, it's getting to the point where Microsoft simply appropriates good Linux features."

Malware devs embrace open-source
(Feb 10, 2012, 19:01 UTC) (473 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "Cybercrooks have embraced the open-source model in the development of banking Trojans following the release of source code for the infamous ZeuS cybercrime toolkit last year."

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint
(Feb 10, 2012, 18:03 UTC) (1421 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet UK: "he current rankings on DistroWatch have been taken by some as evidence that Linux Mint has overtaken Ubuntu as the most popular Linux distribution by a healthy margin. The culprit, under this analysis, is Ubuntu's latest desktop user interface — Unity."

Raspberry Pi benchmarked against Beagleboard, low price is long term
(Feb 10, 2012, 17:04 UTC) (2980 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User & Developer: "The incredibly low price of the board is in no small part thanks to the deal with Broadcom, and there has been some speculation that this kind of pricing won’t last."

20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try
(Feb 10, 2012, 16:01 UTC) (2284 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
CIO: "Gaming accounted for many of the top apps last month, but there were a few business-oriented gems as well, according to a new report."

A Selection of the Very Best Open Source Tutorials and Tools
(Feb 10, 2012, 15:02 UTC) (1695 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OSTATIC: "Whether you're looking for resources for working with and enjoying online video and audio, Linux tutorials, offbeat open source applications, or other items of interest, we have useful collections of resources on this site."

Android Ice Cream Sandwich ported to x86 tablets, netbooks and notebooks
(Feb 10, 2012, 14:08 UTC) (2435 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxBSDos.com: "Aside from Linpus Lite Desktop, distributions from Linpus are usually for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs)."

SECURITY: Google Chrome 17 Improves Security
(Feb 10, 2012, 13:00 UTC) (1045 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
eSecurityPlanet: The new browser release advances Safe Browsing and fixes at least 20 security flaws

How to read a CSV file in Perl?
(Feb 10, 2012, 12:00 UTC) (1852 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxInstall: Perl is used for manipulating text files and in this article I will teach how to read a CSV file in Perl?

Red Hat Brings Gluster to Amazon Cloud
(Feb 10, 2012, 11:00 UTC) (1522 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
InfoStor:Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) is continuing to push forward its new storage vision this week with the release of Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

New Linux kernel fixes power-saving issues
(Feb 10, 2012, 10:00 UTC) (2423 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: A single bug fix allows PCIe power-saving technology ASPM (Active State Power Management) to be used on systems

Using Wii remote with Android Device- Taking Gaming to the Next Level
(Feb 10, 2012, 08:03 UTC) (2136 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
GooGeZ: "The great thing about this guide is that you don’t need a rooted phone for it to work. All you need is an Android 2.3 or higher. Also, this would work on a smart phone as well as a tablet."

Commercial Support now available for the open-source NGINX Web server
(Feb 10, 2012, 06:03 UTC) (1295 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux and Open Source: "Web company, NGINX’s original creators and developers will provide support for small, medium or large-scale commercial Web site installations."

Linux Top 5: Linux's New Fellow
(Feb 9, 2012, 23:00 UTC) (2875 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: While many people work on and with Linux, the Linux Foundation employs only a precious few as fellows.

RebeccaBlackOS - First Live CD Running Wayland Display Server
(Feb 9, 2012, 21:04 UTC) (4184 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ubuntu Vibes: "This is not any kind of joke. Its RebeccaBlackOS. First Live CD to run Wayland Display Server. Its Fan Made."

The Linux powered LAN Gaming House
(Feb 9, 2012, 20:00 UTC) (2404 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxJournal: LAN parties offer the enjoyment of head to head gaming in a real-life social environment.

5 Best Android Apps For Reddit Lovers
(Feb 9, 2012, 19:01 UTC) (2066 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Laze: "Here are some of the best Reddit Apps for Android which will let you browse the site from anywhere."

SECURITY: Flash Player Sandbox Comes to Firefox
(Feb 9, 2012, 18:00 UTC) (2109 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
eSecurityPlanet: Adobe debuts new beta Flash Player with security sandbox for Firefox. Will it make the web more secure?

The Future of Kubuntu
(Feb 9, 2012, 17:01 UTC) (2903 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ubuntu Manual: "Recently there has been quite a bit of buzz regarding the announcement that Canonical was dropping commercial support for Kubuntu."

SECURITY: Symantec should not be afraid of 'open' source code
(Feb 9, 2012, 16:00 UTC) (2055 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
InternetNews: From the 'Security by Obscurity' files:

Linux 3.3 rc3
(Feb 9, 2012, 15:28 UTC) (2001 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linus Torvalds: Another week, another -rc.

60 Fantastic Free Android Apps
(Feb 9, 2012, 15:01 UTC) (3780 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "A free Android app has no downside. Simply download it, try it out and – if you don’t like it – download another."

Ready for Another Linux Tablet? Meet the Rugged Trimble Yuma
(Feb 9, 2012, 14:03 UTC) (2707 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC World: "February seems to be shaping up to be the month of Linux tablets."

How can the layman get involved with free software?
(Feb 9, 2012, 13:02 UTC) (1514 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User & Developer: "Successful code isn’t just about stringing bits and bytes together. Code has to be accessible to users and users have to know what the code is doing, and coders are not always the best people to document a project."

RIM Commits to Open Source BlackBerry 10 Native SDK
(Feb 9, 2012, 12:04 UTC) (1572 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Social Barrel: "Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its BlackBerry 10 Native Software Development Kit (SDK) will be bound to open source."

Oracle Staking Claim in Open-Source 'R' Language
(Feb 9, 2012, 11:01 UTC) (2314 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
CFO World: "Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of "R," the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an increasingly high profile in enterprise IT shops."

50 Open Source Tools That Could Help You Find (or Keep) a Valentine
(Feb 9, 2012, 10:02 UTC) (2124 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "You may not have noticed, but Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Don't panic if you haven't planned the perfect date yet -- the open source community has you covered."

Ubuntu sound theme design
(Feb 9, 2012, 06:00 UTC) (1815 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Canonical: If you’re as keen as we are that the Ubuntu sound theme is on brand, now is your chance! We are calling for pitches for the Ubuntu sound theme!

Time Drive - A User friendly Utility for Back Up your Files Under Ubuntu
(Feb 8, 2012, 23:00 UTC) (4270 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
UbuntuPortal: Time Drive is a Userfriendly Utility for backup that allows easy and clean to backup any Files

mutter 3.3.5 Released
(Feb 8, 2012, 22:00 UTC) (2614 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Mutter: Mutter is a window and compositing manager that displays and manages your desktop via OpenGL.

Nine Rules for Designing a Linux Desktop
(Feb 8, 2012, 21:00 UTC) (3772 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: The Linux user revolts of recent times could be avoided by following these guidelines.

Fedora 17 Is Still Trying For Btrfs By Default
(Feb 8, 2012, 20:00 UTC) (2902 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: The Fedora / Red Hat developers working on the Beefy Miracle are tentatively moving ahead with their plan to use Btrfs as the default Linux file-system for Fedora 17 and beyond.

RIP Compiz
(Feb 8, 2012, 19:00 UTC) (4606 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
TechRepublic: The Compiz desktop compositor, which looks all but dead now that Fedora is dropping it from its upcoming release

Thoughts about Kubuntu's Status, Canonical, and your distribution's sponsors
(Feb 8, 2012, 17:00 UTC) (2650 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
KDE I work in the same role as Jonathan at SUSE, a competing Linux company that sponsors the openSUSE project.

SECURITY: How To Set Up A TOR Middlebox Routing All VirtualBox Virtual Machine Traffic Over TOR
(Feb 8, 2012, 16:00 UTC) (2186 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowToForge: This tutorial will show you how to reroute all traffic for a virtual machine through the Tor network to ensure anonymity.

Sabayon Linux 8 Released
(Feb 8, 2012, 15:09 UTC) (2319 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User & Developer: "Popular Gentoo derivative Sabayon Linux has just announced the immediate availability of Sabayon 8."

Running Simple Groupware On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10
(Feb 8, 2012, 13:04 UTC) (1641 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can install and run Simple Groupware on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache."

Introducing Comice OS 4: Mac-Looking Linux
(Feb 8, 2012, 12:01 UTC) (4527 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "It looks like David Tavares, the developer of Pear OS, prepares these days a revamped version of his Linux operating system, under the name of Comice OS."

7 Best Free Alternative Git Clients
(Feb 8, 2012, 11:04 UTC) (2618 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxLinks: "Git is one of a number of open source revision control systems available for Linux. Other popular tools in this field include Subversion, Bazaar, Mercurial, Monotone, CVS, and SVN."

Python4Kids New Tutorial: Welcome back, Class Recap
(Feb 8, 2012, 10:01 UTC) (1757 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Python4Kids: "Towards the end of last year we started working on classes and a GUI toolkit called Tkinter. In this tutorial we will recap classes."

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