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"I would obviously love for Linux to take over that world too, but it turns out it's a really hard area to enter. I'm still working on it. It's been 25 years. I can do this for another 25. I'll wear them down."

"There will never be another Red Hat" has become a common refrain—one that I've personally raised. In an era when consumers prefer to pay for services instead of software, Red Hat is an anachronism.

We previously published an article on the best open source editors in 2008. Given the length of time that has elapsed, and the new projects that have come forward, it's prudent to update the article. Here's our updated list of the finest open source editors available for Linux. Naturally, it's largely a matter of preference, but it's extremely likely you'll find your ideal editor below.

ubuntuBSD developer Jon Boden is now looking for a way for his operating system to contribute to the Ubuntu community and, eventually, to become an official Ubuntu flavor.

EasyApache is very useful software provided by WHM that can be used to install, modify, update, and validate the Apache web server, PHP, Tomcat, and other components of the web server installed and running on your Linux VPS with WHM/cPanel. In this tutorial we will show you how to to use EasyApache 3 to change the Apache web server or PHP version and install PHP and Apache modules.

Hello, open gamers! In this week's edition, we take a look at Intel's Vulkan Driver progress, the announcement of Hand of Fate 2 for Linux, and Parkitect heading to Steam Early Access. Open gaming roundup for the week of April 3 - 5, 2016 read more

The developer behind Banished, a city builder/survival game coming to Linux has written up their thoughts on Linux. It does make for an interesting read.

A report last year by the GAO found that most consumers have no real idea what kind of a broadband connection they're buying. The report argued that caps, interconnection squabbles, throttling, and other line limitations make it virtually impossible for many consumers (especially the more Luddite-inclined among us) to understand what they're buying, or compare it with competing services. As a result, the FCC this week proposed a new "nutrition label" for broadband that would include not only connection speed -- but any network management, latency, usage caps, overage fees, or other conditions impacting the line.

Last week we told you everything there was to know about the major Calamares 2.2 release, and today it looks like Calamares 2.2 sees its first point release, version 2.2.1.

When you need to demonstrate your desktop activities to someone else, using a screencast (i.e., recording of desktop screen) is far more effective than a textual tutorial or a bunch of static images. For a video tutorial, sometimes you may want to record a particular area of the desktop (e.g., one GUI window), instead of the entire desktop screen. One way to create a screencast of a particular area of the desktop is by using recordMyDesktop.

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at the new Civil Infrastructure Platform from the Linux Foundation, the White House to mandate open source, solving Asia's traffic problems, and more. Open source news roundup for April 2 - 8, 2016 read more

Now that Canonical is seeding the Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 update to all supported Ubuntu Phone devices, it looks like some issues started appearing.

Bubbling beneath the headline in this week's FOSS news review: ownCloud gets a new release, the Linux kernel grows by a half million lines since January 1, a new OS for the Pi 3 and FOSS Force welcomes a new columnist.

Intel acquired Yogitech, which makes safety tools for autonomous car chips, and its Wind River unit bought Arynga, which offers Linux-based OTA for cars. Italian semiconductor tools firm Yogitech is puny compared to FPGA chip vendor Altera, which Intel Corp. acquired last year for $16.7 billion. Yet the two acquisitions have one thing in common. […]

Lucky 13th version of open cloud now offers one client for all OpenStack projects. The next version of OpenStack, Mitaka, has materialised.

VIDEO Google has updated its key Android development tool, Android Studio, to version 2.0 and added cloud test integration, a GPU debugger, and faster emulation and resource allocation.

To celebrate the forthcoming Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system Canonical took the time to put together a very nice infographic, showing the world how popular Ubuntu is.

You really can stop calling me Opera Jon now. Interview Hats off to any woman or man who is fighting the dumbing down of software.

Within the next decade, the number of individuals with access to the Internet will rise to five billion. These billions of new users, many from emerging markets, have the potential to experience unprecedented personal, civic and economic opportunity online.

We have confirmation that the Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 update has been officially released for OnePlus One, Nexus 4, and Nexus 7 devices.