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uTox is a lightweight client for the Tox software which connects users with friends and family over an insecure network. It supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Android platforms. This tutorials shows the installation and setup of uTox on Ubuntu and Fedora.

T-Platforms unveiled a “SF-BT1” module and “Tavolga Terminal” all-in-one PC based on it, which run Linux on a dual-core, MIPS P5600-based Baikal-T1 SoC. Imagination Technologies announced the Debian Linux ready, 21.5-inch Tavolga Terminal TB-T22BT all-in-one, as well as a SMARC-based “SF-BT1” COM that powers it.

Sometimes it's necessary to change function semantics inside the kernel, and then find and update all users of that function to match the new semantics. Such changes can result in huge patches going into the source tree, affecting hundreds of files.

One of the benefits of the ownCloud architecture is that it scales from small installations, such as a Raspberry Pi for 1-10 users, to up to 500,000 users and a petabyte of storage running in a powerful cluster setup. Together with research organizations CERN and AARnet, we've been collaborating to bring this to a new level—breaking through the petabyte barrier together. read more

When I think about what makes SageMath different from other math software systems, it's one of the most fundamental things about it: SageMath was created by the very people who use it every day. These researchers, teachers, computer programmers, and engineers are the ones who fully understand computational problems because they live them. read more

We put four graphical SSH clients under the microscope to see which one came out on top with regards to the best service and most useful features.

KDE Plasma 5 is one of the main desktop spins in Fedora. It’s under heavy development and a lot of things are changing. There are plenty of new features, bug fixing, and optimizing code. It’s an expansive desktop environment with... Continue Reading →

After nearly a year of protests from the information security industry, security researchers, and others, US officials have announced that they plan to re-negotiate regulations on the trade of tools related to "intrusion software."

Redmond responds: Our OS is so great! The founder of Epic Games says that Microsoft is trying to lock Windows developers into using its app store for all their products.

Ethereum and Rootstock are two different open source blockchain based protocols that can be used for creating smart contracts. Which one of them will see widespread adoption?

Amazon has U-turned on its decision to remove filesystem encryption from Fire OS, which powers its Fire and Kindle slabs.

With Big Data much in the news, some notable conferences are taking shape, and they include opportunities to hear from some of the most advanced users of tools such as Hadoop and Apache Spark. The Linux Foundation, has announced the keynote speakers and program for Apache: Big Data, taking place May 9-12, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The number of users subscribing to Internet-of-Things (IoT) services grew at a faster pace than those subscribing to smartphones in Korea on-month in January, data showed Sunday, on the back of the rising sales of wearable smart devices.

Learn to run multiple guest operating systems on top of your main Linux distro

Researchers at Binghamton University recently became the first to create an open source graphics processor unit (GPU). The GPU they created, called Nyami, is appropriate for general purposes as well as graphics-specific work.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at 1900+ games available for Linux on Steam, extension of popular Europa Universalis IV announced, and new games out for Linux. Open gaming roundup for February 27 - March 4, 2016.

Calls for encryption backdoors that date back to the 1990s are coming back to haunt the industry 20 years later with DROWN, security experts say. The flaw that researchers found with DROWN center around the fact that during the so called Crypto Wars of the 1990s President Bill Clinton's administration insisted that US government have a way to break the encryption that was exported outside of the United States.

Jon Masters explores the latest happenings in the Linux kernel community as the merge window for Linux 4.5 closes

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we share thoughts on the Raspberry Pi 3, Linux Mint's handling of a security breach, Google's data processing platform for the Zika virus, and more! Open source news roundup for February 27 - March 4, 2016 read more

One thing I truly miss about the "old-school" way of reading the newspaper is that I don't get to read the funny pages. No, that's not all I would read (although admittedly it may have been the first page I turned to), but a little levity always makes the day better. I'm not a big fan of graphic novels or even comic books, but the daily funny pages are just my speed.