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Intel is working on a fully native x86 version of Android 2.2 and plans to ship its version of the Google-backed mobile operating system to developers in the next two months. Given how slowly Android 2.2, codenamed "Froyo," has come to market, that would make x86 one of the first platforms to get the Linux-based OS. Android had originally been written for ARM-based processors, which are in use in the vast majority of smartphones -- including all of the major HTC Android phones and Google's Nexus One, the only phone now running Android 2.2.

MontaVista Linux and Robert Bosch Car Multimedia have signed an agreement that will enable Bosch Multimedia to use MontaVista software as their Linux based solution to the high cost of running proprietary software on their infotainment systems.

Many smartphone users can't seem to like their own phone without putting down other phones. Personally, I didn't really compare myself to any other phone user and I'm still liking my Android well enough. Here's why.

We would all like to think that, since we are using Linux, we will never really need a backup of our data. Now, let's look at this realistically. Even if your OS is 100% rock solid, with nary a nanosecond of downtime, that hardware running that OS can not possibly give 100% forever. Add to that the irresistible urge to upgrade hardware and you have the serious makings for the need to back up.

Columbus, Ohio -- June 29, 2010 -- Bring your A Game and pitch a proposal that will help educate and entertain the masses at this year's Ohio LinuxFest. The organizers have extended the call for presentations until July 7th to ensure the best possible selection of talks for this year's Ohio LinuxFest.

Beyond the actual service of solving your technology issues immediately, Linux consultants should do two extra things that provide you with the best return for your investment. These two issues make the difference for your company in the long run.

At first glance, Red Hat has three prime opportunities for partners — involving Linux, middleware and virtualization. But take a closer look and you’ll realize not all of the opportunities are created equally. Here’s a deeper dive.

Virtualisation doesn't have to be scary. It isn't the sole domain of the enterprise, or cloud computing, or server farms. It's just as useful, and just as manageable, as the average desktop, and there now seem to be almost as many ways to virtualise Linux as their are distributions themselves. You could pay money, for example, and buy a workstation product from either VMware or Parallels, both of which have excellent performance, support and some advanced features. Or you could try their open source equivalents, the wonderful VirtualBox and Qemu.

Just more than a month since the release of Linux Mint 9, the Linux Mint team has released a KDE-flavored release candidate, complete with new applications, a new software manager, a new incremental backup tool, and USB and Windows installers, to name a few.

I'm extremely excited to announce that just over 10 years ago today I made my very first post at LinuxQuestions.org, which served to introduce the site to the public. In the 3,654 days between then and now, LQ has exceeded my expectations in every way. 441,620 members have posted 4,006,965 times in 807,707 threads. The LQ Wiki has 7,895 articles and LQ ISO has facilitated 12,185,643 downloads. LQ even has a new sister site of sorts in LinuxExchange.org.

On June 1st, 2010, KDE Blog, one of the foremost KDE-focused blogs in Spanish, celebrated the publication of its 1500th post. The occasion seemed to be the perfect excuse to chat with its author, Baltasar Ortega, and to ask him a few questions about himself, blogging, and how KDE is going to take over the world. Read on for his insightful and passionate answers.

The much anticipated Firefox 3.6.4 was released some days ago and within days, another important updated release of Firefox called Firefox 3.6.6 is ready for download. As we have already seen in our Firefox 3.6.4 review, Firefox 3.6.4 is the last major release before the eventual Firefox 4.0.

Debian and Ubuntu are distributions that lend themselves naturally to comparison. Not only is Ubuntu a continuing fork of Debian, but many of its developers also work on Debian. Even more important, you sometimes hear the suggestion that Ubuntu is a beginner's distribution, and that users might consider migrating to Debian when they gain experience. So what are the differences between these Siamese twins? Looking at installation, the desktop, package management, and community in the two distributions what emerges is not so much major differences as differences of emphasis, and ultimately, of philosophy.

Everyone uses Microsoft at some point or other. Even if you're not a fan of Microsoft it's hard to ignore the unique position of Office as the world's most popular office suite. The latest version of Office 2010 is out now and there are a few good reasons to give it a try.

Mozilla Messaging released Thunderbird 3.1 a small update for the open source email client that features bug fixes, improvements, and a few new functions for end users. The most immediately recognizable update is an added Filter Bar that allows to quickly index the messages in your inbox, or any other tab you have open. In addition, there is a Setup Wizard and a Migration assistant that allows you to keep you existing buttons and layout or switch to the default view for 3.1.

As I mentioned in an earlier Linux Journal article, I decided to cut the apron strings with my television provider over a year ago. Bye bye, DISH Satelite TV! Man, you should have heard them whimper. "But sir, is there anything we can do to keep your business?".

The Wine development release 1.2-rc5 is now available. The source is available now, Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

In which a coup is planned in North Korea, a mystery is unraveled in Nevada, and Frank (unknowingly) finds himself out of the frying pan - and into the fire.

Companies based around open source are still comparatively young. So it remains an open question what happens to them in the long term. As open source becomes more widely accepted, an obvious growth path for them is to be bought by a bigger, traditional software company. The concern then becomes: how does the underlying open source code fare in those circumstances?

"Awhile ago, two family members of mine were programing something for a simple task, they chose to do it in Visual Basic as the program was going to be running in a Windows environment anyway." ... "There were small problems getting it to work properly (as this can happen programing anything.) Seeing the code, everything looked like it would work"