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A pair of nascent Linux distributions, built around new package manager tools get updated

Are you interested in keeping track of what is happening in the open source cloud? Opensource.com is your source for news in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project.

What's good about open source software, what are its limits and how should it be used in government? These are issues that the public is now debating vigorously in a new forum created by the U.S. government following its recent push to make more government-owned code open. Open source software's use in government is the subject of an ongoing debate on GitHub, spawned by a federal proposal to promote open source software for U.S. agencies.

QtCon 2016 Call for Papers is open. The event will assemble KDE Akademy, VideoLAN Developer Days, Qt Contributors' Summit, FSFE Summit and KDAB Qt training day. We invite contributors to these projects to present their work and insight at QtCon 2016. The conference will take place from 1st to 8th September in Berlin, Germany.

Hackers are using the jQuery JavaScript library to inject malicious code into millions of Wordpress and Joomla Web domains, researchers say.

Here’s a brief look at five distros that really break the mold. A few of them are the result of some out-of-the-box thinking. Others are designed for specific purposes. What they all have in common is that they’re not your daddy’s Linux distro.

The Linux Foundation's CIP project is an open source framework that will support the development of software needed to run critical services that create the backbone of any modern society, including electric power, oil and gas, water, health care, communications, and transportation.

Devs highlight better Linux compatibility, UEFI boot enhancements FreeBSD fans: version 10.3, which first hit beta in February, has gone to stable release.…

In this guide, we will show you how to build and install the latest stable nginx version with the ngx_pagespeed module on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.

With Microsoft and Canonical working together on a number of projects, the Internet has been rife with speculation and rumors.

I love my space sci-fi games, and P·O·L·L·E·N looks incredible. I spoke to the developer, who said if there's a demand for it, they will seriously consider a Linux version.

MJ Technology envisions a 64-bit, x86-compatible tablet that can run Ubuntu and other open source Linux-based operating systems. Could it work?

Also in today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5, and Debian GNU/Linux 8.4 'Jesse' is available for download.

SUSE named a new CTO today, with Dr. Thomas Di Giacomo taking on the the role of Chief Technology Officer, reporting to CEO Nils Brauckmann.

Shashlik is basically a set of software components that allow Linux users to install and run Android APKs right on their GNU/Linux distribution. Shashlik achieves that by using a stripped down version of Android instead of emulating one, which is nested inside the user session upon the launching of an installed Android application.

Last piece of the jigsaw, bootable from USB Ever since fail0verflow first told Chaos Computer Club Sony PS4 machines could be persuaded to run Linux, a fair amount of work has gone into replicating his demonstration.…

From the beginning, Raspberry Pi has been all about education. The idea that a piece of hardware everyone could afford in the hands of students used to learn programming skills and to build things was at the heart of the Foundation's mission to fix a problem in the education system in the UK. Soon it became apparent that the hardware was only part of the solution, and hands-on training for teachers would be needed, too.

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Fedora Workstation ships with a simple yet capable screenshot utility. It allows the user to take quick screenshots of your desktop, particular windows, or an arbitrary portion of the screen. The Screenshot utility (gnome-screenshot) application is designed to be a... Continue Reading →

The Manjaro Linux development team announced the general availability of the fourteenth update pack for the Manjaro Linux 15.12 (Capella) operating system.

The FIDO Alliance, which is working to deliver stronger forms of authentication for online access, expands such efforts with eBay's help.