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Yesterday, developer and blogger ShaneQFul posted about a new project that he’s been working on. One that fills an enormous void in the KDE space, and moreover, the Kubuntu space. No Ubuntu One integration for Dolphin, KDE’s default file manager. Shane answers this void with a new plugin.

I'm used to thinking of region codes as an unmitigated evil, but they do serve one useful purpose: they divide DVD editions up so that any given regional edition has fewer languages to support.

While Fedora 17 should be released next week, the ARM version is lagging behind and has just reached its own beta milestone...

A guide explaining how to set the same wallpaper in KDE desktop, kdm and ksplash screen.

LinuxTag 2012 ended this weekend at the Berlin Messe in Germany...

This weekend at LinuxTag 2012, an update was shared concerning the state of the Lima driver project -- the initiative to create a reverse-engineered, open-source ARM Mali driver...

While OpenGL ES 3.0 has been speculated about for months, the specification will be formally released by the Khronos Group this summer...

The much anticipated Dream Studio for 64-bit systems is out today.

If you have an android device that is not recognised when trying to access it via USB, this tutorial should help you.

GNOME 3 is a perfect example, but it is not the only one. I could cite many examples from the K Desktop Environment too. Even Cinnamon, a desktop environment that was created out of dissatisfaction with the stock GNOME 3 interface, has it share of one-too-many-mouse-clickers.

This shouldn't come as a terrible surprise, but the Facebook Phone looks like it will be running atop Linux...

In my past several articles, I've looked at various packages to do all kinds of science. Sometimes, however, there just isn't a tool to solve a particular problem. That's the great thing about science. There is always something new to discover and study. But, this means it's up to you to develop the software tools you need to do your analysis. more>>

The 2012 Libre Software Meeting will be in Geneva, Switzerland July 7 through July 12 of 2012. Dr. Bowen, the executive director of OEMR, will be speaking about using OpenEMR to improve accessibility to health care worldwide. The presentation will be at 10:40 AM on Wednesday, July 11th, 2012. This will be a 20 minute presentation on the internationalization of OpenEMR and how it has been put to use by International Planned Parenthood Federation in a growing number of countries.

Canonical announced on May 25th, in a security notice, that a new kernel upgrade for its Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system is available.

Welcome to the 201st issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

Mageia is based on the Mandriva distribution and comes with a lot of software installed by default. This is the answer to those who enjoy Mandriva and will feel right at home

There is Linux Mint 13 MATE, which features MATE, a desktop environment forked from GNOME 2, and Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon, which features Cinnamon, a desktop environment built atop GNOME 3. So, Linux Mint joins a growing list of Linux distributions that do not ship an edition running the GNOME 3 desktop in its default state.

The author was asked how to enable Active Directory users to be able to log into xrdp. He found out.

I believe that the current market trends make Canonical’s Ubuntu for Android project the most important development in the recent history of Linux.

owncloud 4 has been release by ownCloud developers team, is a free and open source software alternative to some proprietary web services that you can install on your own computer or server, which includes file management with built-in file sharing ike Dropbox, music streaming, calendar, contacts and more