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A preview of the MintBox Mini

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 13, 2015 5:14 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, Mint, Ubuntu

CompuLab has a long history of working with the developers of Linux Mint. The MintBox 2 is a good example of their cooperation, and it has gotten very positive reviews on Amazon. Now there's a new product called the MintBox Mini and one of the Linux Mint developers has a preview of it.

GNOME versus Unity in Ubuntu

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 11, 2015 1:33 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Developer, Distributions, GNOME, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Should you use Unity or GNOME in Ubuntu? Plus: Linux blogs that are worth reading? And Linux Mint will offer systemd and upstart for now.

Nintendo might release games for Android in 2017

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 8, 2015 7:39 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Debian, Games, Linux

In today's open source roundup: Nintendo prepares games for smart devices. Plus: A $9 computer that runs Debian. And a Linux rootkit users graphics cards to hide itself.

Best Linux distro for game development?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 7, 2015 6:57 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Developer, Games, Linux, Mobile

In today's open source roundup: Which Linux distro should a game developer use? Plus: A review of the LG G4 Android phone. And Samsung delays launch of the Gear A round smartwatch.

What prevents Linux from beating Windows and OS X?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 6, 2015 12:56 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Developer, Games, Linux

In today's open source roundup: Which problems stop Linux from dominating the desktop? Plus: Linux gamers and Nvidia graphics cards. And new Firefox features might not work on unencrypted sites.

Would you buy an Ubuntu phone that doubled as a desktop PC?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 5, 2015 9:04 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Debian, Distributions, Mobile

In today's open source roundup: Ubuntu is working on a phone that doubles as a desktop PC. Would you buy it? Plus: DistroWatch reviews Debian 8 Jessie. And Android Lollipop adoption rate nearly at 10%.

What are the differences between Linux distributions?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 4, 2015 1:42 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, Linux, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: What makes Linux distributions different from one another? Plus: Chromixium combines Ubuntu and Chrome OS. And Ubuntu 15.10 to be called Wily Werewolf.

How many Chrome OS devices do you own?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on May 1, 2015 8:39 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Mobile, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Chrome OS users often own more than one device. Plus: DistroWatch reviews Ubuntu 15.04. And VLC 1.3.2 has been released for Android.

SteamOS and Debian 8 Jesse

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 30, 2015 6:25 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Debian, Games, Steam

In today's open source roundup: Will SteamOS use Debian 8 Jesse? Plus: Microsoft wants Android apps to run on Windows Phone. And Google's Project Fi app available in Play Store.

Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code for Linux

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 29, 2015 4:35 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Developer, Games, Linux

In today's open source roundup: Microsoft offers .NET tool for Linux. Plus: SuperTuxKart gets a major upgrade. And play the Chocolate Doom game in Debian.

Is Linux Mint better than Ubuntu?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 28, 2015 7:37 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Debian, Distributions, KDE, Mint, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Linux Mint versus Ubuntu. Plus: KDE releases Plasma 5.3. And screenshot tours of Debian 8 Cinnamon.

Debian 8 released

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 27, 2015 10:12 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Debian, Distributions, Linux

In today's open source roundup: Debian 8 Jesse has been released. Plus: Did open source principles matter when Linux was created? And can you play games on a Chromebox computer?

Ubuntu 15.04 reviews

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 25, 2015 4:12 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Reviews, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, KDE, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Reviews of Ubuntu 15.04. Plus: Hidden options in Ubuntu 15.04. And Kubuntu 15.04 has been released.

Ubuntu 15.04 released

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 23, 2015 1:57 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, Linux, Mobile, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Download the final release of Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet). Plus: Are Chromebooks taking over from tablets? And you can now order Intel's Compute Stick.

Ubuntu 15.04 will ship with Canonical's own browser

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 23, 2015 3:00 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, KDE, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Canonical's browser will be in Ubuntu 15.04. Plus: Should a newbie programmer switch to Ubuntu from Windows? And an Ubuntu user switches to Kubuntu.

Fedora 22 beta released

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 22, 2015 3:14 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Distributions, Fedora, Linux

In today's open source roundup: Download the Fedora 22 beta. Plus: VMWare launches its own version of Linux. And eight useful Linux file managers.

Chromebooks get Google Now and Material Design in Chrome OS 42

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 20, 2015 1:52 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Debian, Distributions, Linux, Mobile

In today's open source roundup: Chrome OS 42 includes Material Design and Google Now. Plus: DistroWatch reviews Linux Mint Debian Edition 2. And six reasons why Linux is a good choice for users with disabilities.

Forge.mil changed how the US military develops software

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 18, 2015 4:41 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Developer, Linux

In today's open source roundup: Open source has changed how the US military develops software. Plus: Forty Linux terminal commands. And great extensions for Google's Chrome browser.

The blue screen of death in Linux?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 17, 2015 3:26 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Games, Linux

In today's open source roundup: A user got the infamous blue screen of death...in Linux! Plus: Nvidia's new hardware is not open source friendly. And rsync as a Time Machine type backup for Unix.

Google launches new Chromebook site

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Apr 15, 2015 5:08 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Mobile, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Check out Google's new site for Chromebooks. Plus: Dooble privacy browser released. And five notable changes in Ubuntu 15.04.