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For the next interview in the fortnightly People Behind KDE series we travel to North America for the first time this series to talk to an IRC veteran and the author of ground-shaking, in-depth promotional articles on the interesting road towards KDE 4 - tonight's star of People Behind KDE is Troy Unrau.

When my trusty google alert popped this up, you just know I had to let my fingers do the walking and go take a look. The title itself promised wonderful and special things. I've only been leading this project for a few weeks, but I have learned quickly how to spot a hit piece...I can almost smell them. I am happy to say that my intuition didn't let me down one bit. Let's take a look at these "Pure Facts", shall we. Let's discover this Pulitzer contender together.

The rPath Linux project team this week announced updated release 1.0.6 of its rPath series, based on the groundbreaking Conary software management system. rPath Version 1.0.6 of the Xen-oriented distribution features a 2.6.19.7 kernel, along with the GNOME 2.12 desktop environment.

The bash shell is available on many Linux and UNIX systems today, and is a common default shell on Linux. In this tip you will learn how to handle parameters and options in your bash scripts and how to use the shell's parameter expansions to check or modify parameters.

I just got off the phone with Ted Woerner of Acceleration Marketing, and I'm floored. Stephan suffered a broken vertebra in his crash this afternoon. This is a very sad day.

In this article, the IBM Java Support on AIX Technical Team provides short, simple, and complete instructions for collecting an AIX core file and other files for analyzing process exceptions with Java applications running on AIX.

The Free Software Foundation and Open Invention Network are ready to take on Microsoft if it acts against open-source.

All Three of China's Top Oil Production Companies Now Utilize Panasas Storage Clusters

[The storage solution is designed to complement GNU/Linux servers. - dcparris]

If you were hoping to use a Creative X-Fi series sound card under Linux in the near future, think again. As according to Creative Labs, it was harder for them to make Microsoft Vista drivers than expected thus it took longer for them to complete. Now the X-Fi Linux drivers with EAX support have been delayed until at least the end of the year.

Stephan Gregoire, driver of the Linux-sponsored car in this year's Indianapolis 500, climbed from the car under his own power this afternoon, after hitting the wall in the short chute between turns 1 and 2. The rear end of the car appeared to get loose and swing around as he entered turn 1, and although he was nearly able to save it, the rear of the car made contact and slid down the wall.

Local open source developers and companies do not seem particularly concerned by the recent threats made by Microsoft. "A storm in an American teacup," is how Obsidian Systems' CTO Anton De Wet described it.

In its ongoing battle against software patents, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched PlayOGG.org, a campaign to promote the use of the OGG Vorbis standard for compressed audio. The patent-free and licence-free standard is being punted as an ethically, legally and technically superior audio alternative to the proprietary MP3 format. The most common music format is currently MP3, but what most people don't realise is that any time a distributor sells or gives away music encoded as an MP3, they are responsible for paying a fee to the owners of the MP3 patents. Any software that runs MP3s is also affected by this. The OGG Vorbis specification, being in the public domain, is free from such restrictions and anyone can use the format or write software to use it without needing permission from a patent holder.

About ten years ago, the first DVD players shipped to the United States. After a slow start, the DVD has almost completely replaced video tapes and has become the de facto standard for the movie industry. Creating DVDs on a Linux machine can be a complex task, but can be made much easier by using 'Q' DVD-Author.

Intel recently released its PowerTOP utility, which builds on work done by kernel developers to make the Linux kernel power-efficient. PowerTOP gives you a snapshot of what apps are consuming the most power. Turn off these apps or modify their behavior, and you'll notice an instant increase in the battery life.

Following the attacks earlier this week by Microsoft on the free software movement the Free Software Foundation has set up a new activist wing to fight back.

In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy said he had the names of Communists in the State Department. They were never named. Fifty-seven years later, Microsoft says GNU/Linux has violated 235 patents. They have yet to be named. See a pattern here?

Ubuntu Studio is a special Linux distribution tailored to the needs of audio, video, and graphic enthusiasts or professionals. Because Ubuntu Studio is based on Ubuntu, you are not limited to this area, but can install any application that is available for Ubuntu, thus turning Ubuntu Studio into a normal desktop for everyday use. This tutorial shows how you can turn Ubuntu Studio 7.04 into a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

GNOME 2.19.2 is the second of nine development releases leading up to GNOME 2.20.0, which is due out this September. GNOME 2.19.2 is being released today and for those of you interested in the latest changes to GNOME, we have included some screenshots taken from GNOME 2.19.2 built this afternoon with GARNOME. In the process of trying out this latest desktop environment we had run into several crashes and bugs -- GNOME 2.19.2 is not for those new to Linux.

BitTorrent clients are all over the place these days. One of the newcomers, FoxTorrent, is a fully functional cross-platform Firefox BitTorrent client created by Red Swoosh, a company that is now part of Akamai. What FoxTorrent lacks in features it makes up for in simplicity.

Mark Mitchell announced the availability ofGCC 4.2 saying,"GCC 4.2.0 is a major release, containing new functionality not available in GCC 4.1.x or previous GCC releases." He then linked theGCC 4.2 Release Series Changes, New Features, and Fixes document for more details as to what is new in this release.GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection which includes C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada compilers. Download GCC 4.2.0 from your nearest gcc.gnu.orgmirror.read more