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Around 1994, I was a database and security consultant in London. Working in the financial sector around Threadneedle Street. In those days, the only choices for home operating systems were Windows 3.1 or, if you had enough memory, the new offering from Microsoft: Windows 95. Both required expensive machines to run. (I had to upgrade my desktop to 8MB in order to successfully install Windows 95!) Microsoft Office was the go-to office suite for every client, and database environments ran on either mainframes or client server farms on very expensive hardware. Having a home computer on which to learn this software was very expensive. read more

One of the most common questions I'm asked by a disabled prospective Linux user is, "There are so many different Linux distributions. Which one is for me? Which one is most accessible?" This is a valid question, and one that hasn't been answered very often. Fortunately, like many things with Linux, there are ready-made solutions that will meet most users needs, and they're all just a download away. In this article, I'll explain how to install Linux and give a review of eight accessible Linux distributions, or distros as they are commonly called. Three categories: read more

If you are one of those stock investors or traders, monitoring the stock market will be one of your daily routines. Most likely you will be using an online trading platform which comes with some fancy real-time charts and all sort of advanced stock analysis and tracking tools. While such sophisticated market research tools are...

Low-level x86 hassles may hold up next Kernel release The world may be on the threshold of another Linux Kernel release. Or it might not.…

Redmond's latest can't quite crack five per cent market share Windows 10's growth has slowed, according to StatCounter Global Stats.…

Samsung debuted two Android phablets, teased a round Tizen watch amid rumors of a “Z3? Tizen phone, and touted a $100 million investment in Tizen for IoT.

It is funny how many times you use your full-blown PC as a terminal to another computer (which is quite often not as capable as the terminal computer). If all you need is a remote display and keyboard, a Raspberry PI would be enough. One of the newer Pi 2 boards would be even better.

While it has been long known that American telecommunications companies worked closely with the spy agency, newly disclosed N.S.A. documents show that the relationship with AT&T has been considered unique and especially productive. One document described it as “highly collaborative,” while another lauded the company’s “extreme willingness to help.”

Modern life has become increasingly dependent on software systems. Many daily used devices rely on Free Software for their basic functionality or additional services. TV sets, ATMs, smartphones, media centers and in-flight entertainment systems are examples of how Free Software has been pushing the boundaries of current technology. This is achieved by using well-proven solutions, developed in a collaborative, open, and trusted way. The Workspaces, Applications, and Frameworks delivered by KDE are representatives of the empowerment Free Software provides to our lifes.

Mozilla wants to make private browsing truly private... It’s available in the Firefox Developer Edition on Windows, Mac and Linux, and Firefox Aurora on Android, Mozilla said...

The strangest, and largely overlooked news, coming out of the tech sector this week is Dell's Microsoft betrayal. This isn't the first time that the PC maker strayed. Linux joined the product stable long ago...

Disk space filling up can really mess your systems up, especially if the root partition gets to 100%. And that can happen when you least expect it. In fact, that's generally when it does happen. So, the question is, when you're under pressure to get a critical system or application back online and that "no space left on device" message keeps slapping you in the face, what do you do?

Today the Gnome desktop turns 18. To celebrate, we created a list of reasons to use it.

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at new tools for Docker, Kali Linux 2.0, and more! Our weekly news roundup typically goes out every Friday. We're trying something new, to capture more news in the roundup, by publishing it on Saturday. Open source news roundup for August 8 - 15, 2015 read more

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at the progress around the 3D graphics and compute API Vulkan, Ubuntu developers improving Nvidia drivers, new games out for Linux, and more. Open gaming roundup for August 9 - 15, 2015 read more

Want to manage your SUSE Linux servers whether they're on x86 servers, mainframes, and/or the cloud? You can do that now.

In this week's Top 5, our readers loved stories about LibreOffice 5, Priyanka Nag' My Linux Story, a tutorial for the KDE file manager Dolphin, patent trolls, and our interview with Jerome Petazzoni of Docker.

Touchjet’s Android-based, quad-core “Touchjet Wave” media player attaches to the top of your TV and IR scans your gestures to approximate touch control.

With Windows 10 snooping on your every keystroke, it's time to consider an alternative: the Linux desktop.

Use this roadmap to find IBM developerWorks articles that will help you learn and review basic Linux tasks. And if you're also pursuing professional certification as a Linux system administrator, these articles can help you study for the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) exam 101 and exam 102. This roadmap is organized according to the 43 objectives in the 101 and 102 exams, which you are required to pass for LPI level 1 certification.