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For those not yet familiar with GEM, the Graphics Execution Manager, that Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver uses for in-kernel memory management, here's a brief guide...

The cause of the bug that was found in Linux's Ext4 filesystem last week has been identified. The main Ext4 developer, Ted Ts'o, has submitted a patch for inclusion in kernel version 3.7

With a release of Enlightenment E17 being very likely at Linuxcon Europe on 5 November, The H spoke to project leader Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler about how the desktop has been progressing and what are the project goals

The developers of the open source content management system have warned of multiple security holes that could be exploited to bypass security restrictions or execute arbitrary code. Patches will not be released until 6 November

CodeWeavers is currently giving away copies of the WINE-based CrossOver for Linux and Mac OS X; this is a result of a US presidential election "get out the vote" campaign which apparently failed to meet its goals

Learn how to fix migration problems in your application by using the Migration Advisor tool, which is part of the IBM Software Development Kit (SDK) for PowerLinux.

With Ubuntu trying to improve their OpenGL driver support state to push the Linux OS as a platform for gaming, Valve going to be promoting the closed-source NVIDIA and AMD drivers on Linux, and various other challenges still turning up for those trying to use the different Linux OpenGL drivers, here are some new benchmarks comparing the open-source Radeon Gallium3D driver against the closed-source AMD Catalyst driver.

Google canceled its New York press event Monday due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, but that didn't stop it from announcing its new Nexus 10 tablet, along with the Nexus 4 smartphone and Android 4.2, an update to Jelly Bean. A step up in size from the Asus-made Nexus 7, released in July, the Samsung-made Nexus 10 will be available beginning Nov. 13.

The EFF has criticised Canonical for its recent inclusion of the shopping lens feature in Ubuntu 12.10 and the way the company is handling data collected by the software

Smaller governments, typically those in rural towns, don’t have the IT capacity to foster serious innovation in citizen participation like governments in larger cities do. Two groups decided it was time to give back and have come together to share their technical knowledge and expertise: OpenColorado and Colorado Code for Communities will combine community, platform, and digital literacy to create a hosted service platform that includes open data with different web and mobile applications.  

Ignore Apple, it's Google he must take on Open ... and Shut In a Windows world we bought the product. In Google's world we are the product. Judging from market share trends, we apparently don't mind being bought and sold. At least, so long as the price is right.…

In the week ending 27 October - Google Drive clients open backdoors, Wayland hit its 1.0 milestone and the Raspberry Pi got its ARM code open sourced. Also, Mozilla and CryptoParties, and attacking TrueCrypt

With the release of version 1.3, the team at the Yocto Project has added a number of developer-visible features to its embedded distribution builder. First announced in October 2010, the open source collaboration project (a Linux Foundation workgroup) is aimed at device builders. It provides templates, tools and methods for developers to create Linux-based systems for various embedded systems and processor architectures such as ARM, MIPS, PPC or x86.

Version 9.2 of the wiki, CMS and groupware solution introduces the Tiki Server Check, a feature for testing whether server environment meets Tiki's minimum requirements

Parallella is an attempt to make Linux parallel computing easier and is advertised as a "supercomputer for everyone", but will it come to fruition?..

I've been interested in 3-D printers ever since I saw one at a Maker Faire a few years ago, but it was only a year ago when I started seriously thinking about having one of my own. At that point, I started to realize just how many different options existed and ultimately started researching the RepRap family of 3-D printers (more on the different printer families below).

The new version of the "little language that compiles into JavaScript" includes changes that allow it to strip Microsoft's UTF-8 BOM from source files and fixes to correct deprecation warnings

There just doesn't seem to be any rest for the weary here in the Linux blogosphere lately, what with the release of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" last week and the "Rectangle with Rounded Corners" 5 not long before that. Next up? Well, it's Windows 8, which officially launches on Friday.

The tide of software piracy in China may be ebbing. With the clear support of the Chinese government, several software organizations and computer firms based in Europe and the U.S. are conducting events focusing on growing open source in China. The push toward China's active participation in the open source community signals a maturing of the country's computing infrastructure.

As a strategic member, Google will provide the organisation with eight full-time developers to work on Eclipse technology and donate $250,000 per year