20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try
(Feb 10, 2012, 16:01 UTC) (652 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) (929 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) (1625 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)."

Using Wii remote with Android Device- Taking Gaming to the Next Level
(Feb 10, 2012, 08:03 UTC) (1965 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) (1233 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."

The Linux powered LAN Gaming House
(Feb 9, 2012, 20:00 UTC) (2330 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) (1995 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."

The Future of Kubuntu
(Feb 9, 2012, 17:01 UTC) (2828 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."

60 Fantastic Free Android Apps
(Feb 9, 2012, 15:01 UTC) (3670 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) (2648 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC World: "February seems to be shaping up to be the month of Linux tablets."

RIM Commits to Open Source BlackBerry 10 Native SDK
(Feb 9, 2012, 12:04 UTC) (1525 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) (2265 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."

Sabayon Linux 8 Released
(Feb 8, 2012, 15:09 UTC) (2284 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) (1608 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) (4436 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) (2589 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."

Controlling Liquor Loss with Linux
(Feb 8, 2012, 09:03 UTC) (2098 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open Source Matters: "Few people know that inside this dark little bar, Linux servers and some open source-based scripts are keeping an eye on liquor and its link to the bottom line."

Chrome Web Browser Finally Comes to Android Phones, Tablets
(Feb 8, 2012, 05:02 UTC) (5304 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
WIRED Gadget Lab: "Android is finally getting Chromed out. Google had a reason to take its time: It wanted to do Chrome for Android right."

NGINX Adds Support for Open Source Web Server
(Feb 7, 2012, 22:00 UTC) (2353 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
ServerWatch: You too can get full support for NGINX for the low cost of only $70,000

Is Linux Spark Tablet An iPad Killer?
(Feb 7, 2012, 15:00 UTC) (4931 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: Powered by Linux, the Spark tablet might prove to be little more than a toy. Yet it has greater potential.

Canonical aligns Kubuntu as community flavor
(Feb 7, 2012, 14:03 UTC) (2056 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT World: "Canonical appears to be streamlining its focus on the desktop by cutting funding for Kubuntu work after the release of the upcoming 12.04 releases this April."

Apple gets kicked in the teeth by German patent lawsuit decisions
(Feb 7, 2012, 13:01 UTC) (3937 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux and Open Source: "After its world-wide anti-Android patent lawsuit witch-hunt, could Apple having much of its iPhone line and iPads being banned for sale in Germany due to a patent violation happen to a nicer company?"

Are 68 Open Source Licenses Enough? Or Too Many?
(Feb 7, 2012, 12:04 UTC) (1394 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Wazi: "The Open Source Initiative (OSI) currently lists 68 approved open source licenses. Sounds like more than enough to suit any needs?"

Five Reasons why Windows 8 will be dead on arrival
(Feb 7, 2012, 11:06 UTC) (7329 reads) (12 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux and Open Source: "Metro: An ugly, useless interface. Where have I seen this before? Wait, I know! Windows 1.0!"

Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Macbuntu
(Feb 7, 2012, 10:01 UTC) (2360 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Webopedia: "Macbuntu is an open source operating system fork of the Linux-based Ubuntu OS that features a Mac OS X-inspired desktop shell."

Virtualization With Xen On CentOS 6.2 (x86_64)
(Feb 7, 2012, 09:04 UTC) (1887 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 4.1.2) on a CentOS 6.2 (x86_64) system."

4 Best Free Linux Script Writing Tools
(Feb 7, 2012, 05:01 UTC) (12639 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxLinks: "Unfortunately, there is currently a miserly selection of mature, open source script writing software available for Linux."

Linux File System Fsck Testing -- The Results Are In
(Feb 7, 2012, 01:03 UTC) (4125 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
EnterpriseStorageForum: "It has been a while since we started the fsck project to test fsck (file system check) times on Linux file systems. After an extended delay, the Linux File System fsck testing results can now be presented."

Piracy and the value of freedom
(Feb 6, 2012, 22:04 UTC) (2110 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User & Developer: "If I were a victim of actual piracy while sailing the seas, I would probably consider the word’s rampant misuse in technology circles as massively insulting."

TLWIR 32: Open Sparks Fly, FOSS Players Give Open Advice, and FOSS Petition Gets Key Endorsement
(Feb 6, 2012, 21:03 UTC) (1687 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
BeginLinux: "For too long, GNU/Linux has been locked out of the tablet market. That is about to change with the May 2012 arrival of the Open Spark."

Beware the power of Google?
(Feb 6, 2012, 20:02 UTC) (3598 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT world: "Has Google taken over the Internet?"

Open Source Initiative affiliates announced at FOSDEM
(Feb 6, 2012, 16:04 UTC) (1271 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: "The affiliates, announced during Phipps' presentation at FOSDEM in Brussels, are the Apache Software Foundation, Creative Commons, Drupal, the Eclipse Foundation, FreeBSD, Joomla (via Open Source Matters), KDE, the Linux Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation, Plone, Sahana and Wikiotics."

Installing Webuzo Wordpress Stack
(Feb 6, 2012, 15:01 UTC) (1550 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "Webuzo Wordpress Stack is a free-quick-install package that allows bundling of all software (dependency) necessary to run Wordpress for development or production purposes."

Apache releases Commons Validator-1.4.0, Commons Configuration 1.8 and Hive version 0.8.1
(Feb 6, 2012, 14:03 UTC) (1831 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Get Home by 6pm: "Three more additions from the Apache family this week."

Linux kernel 3.2.4 Is Available for Download
(Feb 6, 2012, 13:01 UTC) (2189 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that the third and fourth maintenance releases of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 are available for download."

Webopedia Term of the Day: what is Jelly Bean?
(Feb 6, 2012, 12:08 UTC) (1649 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Webopedia: "Jelly Bean is the anticipated dessert-themed Android codename for an upcoming version 5.0 update of the open source Android mobile operating system."

HP Opens Up Its Switches to OpenFlow
(Feb 5, 2012, 14:00 UTC) (3406 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: HP is taking the bold step of being the first major vendor to offer full commercial support for open source OpenFlow software defined networking technology.

Open Source Tackles Healthcare In Places Microsoft Can't
(Feb 4, 2012, 15:00 UTC) (4307 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
WIRED Enterprise: "First created in 2004, OpenMRS is now used in countries across the globe, including Rwanda, Mozambique, Haiti, India, China, and the Phillipines."

Moving from Windows to Linux: Easy Steps and Resources
(Feb 4, 2012, 07:02 UTC) (5732 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
OSTATIC: "There are a number of free resources available for Windows users who want to take the Linux plunge. In this post, you'll find our updated collection of several of them that can make moving to Linux very easy."

The Best Filesystem for an external hard disk of 1TB with cross platform support
(Feb 3, 2012, 22:03 UTC) (8079 reads) (10 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linuxaria: "Which Filesystem should I use with this big disk ?"

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