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Ewald Kicker has written a detailed tutorial about debugging a PHP script inside Quanta Plus using the Gubed debugger. The document is aimed at beginners and describes step-by-step how to set up and use the debugger for your web projects.

Larn about the availability of MySQL Database Server for Linux and how to develop apps for MySQL in PHP, Java, C/C++, Python, and Perl.

HP has changed the name of its Linux operation to the Open Source & Linux Organization (OSLO) to advertise its open source sympathies, it said. It's supposed to signify HP's focus on open source beyond the Linux operating system. Martin Fink will continue to run the unit.

Turbolinux is enjoying its fourth consecutive year of growth in the China Linux market, after a report issued by IDC this week said its share saw significant growth in 2004.

Open source development got a bit faster this week thanks to the release of the GCC 4.0 compiler. GCC is included in every Linux distribution and has been one of the leading compilers in use over the last 15 years.

Some at the ACT's Intellectual Property and Technology Summit touted the importance of IP as crucial to development; others said software patents shouldn't exist.

IBM has released a Linux based technology enabling spatiotemporal modeling of infectious agents across the United States, providing scientists and public health officials with a powerful tool for understanding, and potentially preventing, the spread of infectious diseases.

In an exclusive interview, the Linux founder talks about the new Linux software configuration management program he created: Git.

After a long battle over how Linux should be developed, Torvalds has created his own system, Git, to replace the controversial, proprietary BitKeeper.

Intel will establish an open source development laboratory (OpenSource Lab) in Vietnam, train local open source programmers, support a number of local firms to access open source technologies and tools, consult on matters concerning open source applications and help increase the community’s awareness of open source applications.

IBM and the chief scientist of Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor on Friday said they have agreed to a pact to foster development of open-standards technology by Israeli start-ups. The pact calls for IBM to provide hardware, technology expertise and sales and marketing support, while the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor will supply funding to Israeli start-ups. No financial terms were disclosed.

Learn all you can about open-source software models and focus on providing specific services, according to speakers at financial-services show Linux on Wall Street.

Borland Software is releasing code from its core JBuilder integrated development environment (IDE) into the Eclipse open source community after a surprise drop in first-quarter sales.

A software design expert claims that software quality is declining everywhere except in the open source world, but others insist that proprietary software is just as good as the alternative

For those of you who have always wanted to control your TV using only your voice, you are going to love the XVTV remote control system. Learn to make your TV act upon your voice command. With XVTV in your home you can do anything from change channels to program a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) using simple voice commands.

Linux Australia's immediate past president reckons moderate open source developers are being pushed into "a refugee situation" between the 'free software' and 'commercial' hardliners.

Suddenly, the end of my year as President of the Austin LUG has arrived. I presided over forty-nine meetings of the LUG, because with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, we met every Thursday. I wonder, what did I, or the other members, really gain from those meetings?

At the July 2004 kernel summit, it was decided that there was no need to fork a 2.7 kernel [forum] to introduce new functionality into the Linux kernel. Instead, the decision was made that it was possible for Andrew Morton and Linus Torvalds to continue working together to first merge things into Andrew's -mm tree, and then after testing the changes to merge them into Linus' mainline tree.

Microsoft has taken alot of heat for the security issues that surround its Windows operating systems, but they should not be the only ones taken the heat for Windows security. There are other parties out there that deserve to shoulder some of the blame with Microsoft.

For many, Microsoft Windows seems like the only game in town. Linux is viewed as too difficult for the average consumer -- a perception the Linux community challenges head-on with user-friendly distributions, commitment-free liveCDs, how-to-books, and articles like a recent four-part offering from ExtremeTech.