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Once upon a time, new software shipped with massive manuals the size of telephone directories.

The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.

We’re always working to make Firefox as great as possible on all platforms. Today, we’re adding features to Firefox for iOS to protect your security. The Firefox Password Manager securely stores and autofills your usernames and passwords across sites you.

The Fedora Workstation features the GNOME desktop environment, which makes computing easy and beautiful. GNOME includes the Files app for organizing and managing your personal data. This is the first in a series of articles that shows you how to use this.

'An almost surreal endorsement by Microsoft on the importance of open source'. BUILD2016 Microsoft is bringing the Linux Bash shell command line to Windows 10, running as a native Ubuntu binary on a Windows subsystem.

Canonical has just announced Ubuntu on Windows, a new project created in collaboration with Microsoft to bring the Ubuntu user space to the Windows 10 platform, for Windows developers working on cross-platform applications, helping them be more productive.

Ubuntu, but not Linux per se, will be running on in the next major Windows 10 update, Redstone.

This is our last scheduled update release of the Bodhi 3 branch. Existing Bodhi 3 users do not need to re-install to obtain this latest release - they simply need to perform all of their current system updates. In addition to shipping with the latest software in the repositories this release also includes a number of small improvements. Most notably: Moksha 0.2.0 is here by default. Linux Kernel 4.2 for improved hardware support. Multi-Language support for the installer again. Improved UEFI support. A number of small improvements/bug fixes to the default Radiance Theme LibreOffice 5.1 (in the AppPack releases).

Advantech has launched a pair of modules based on a new, rugged, RTX 2.0 spec for computer-on-modules: the AM3352-based ROM-3310 and i.MX6-based ROM-3420. The ruggedized, open-spec RTX 2.0 (Rugged Technology eXtended) form-factor for ARM computer-on-modules is first being implemented in board-level products by Advantech.

Attackers frequently use lost, stolen, weak or default credentials to escalate their privileges after they have infiltrated your network. While two-factor authentication can greatly reduce infiltration, there are other means of gaining entry such as malware. This tutorial shows how to add radius to sudo for Centos 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 for two-factor authentication with the WiKID Strong Authentication server.

FOSS Force has learned that we shouldn't write obituaries until we actually see a death certificate. SCO intends to file an appeal over the dismissal of its case against IBM.

Today I bring to you version 3.2.0 of Bodhi Linux. This is our last scheduled update release of the Bodhi 3 branch.

Pinboard founder wigs out over terms of service that make API dependency toxic Bookmarking site Pinboard has discovered one of the downsides of the so-called “API economy”: that moment when lawyers get in the way of a service.…

Flaws not fully patched in latest versions, says researcher Code dive Apple's rootless security mechanism in OS X can be evaded even in the latest version of the operating system, according to a top researcher.…

My first brush with open source came while I was working for my university as a part-time system administrator in 2001. I was part of a small group that created business case studies for teaching not just in the university, but elsewhere in academia. As the team grew, the need for a robust LAN setup with file serving, intranet applications, domain logons, etc. emerged. Our IT infrastructure consisted mostly of bootstrapped Windows 98 computers that had become too old for the university's IT labs and were reassigned to our department. read more

Apple Watch may be the media’s darling, but Android Wear has quietly been gaining ground, as evidenced by numerous recent watch and software introductions. The Apple Watch drew the media’s attention last week with the announcement of a $50 price drop. Collectively, however, there has been more recent news about Google’s Android Wear. A more […]

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) beta 2 has been released, along with the final beta of official flavors, including Ubuntu GNOME 16.04,Ubuntu MATE 16.04, Ubuntu Kylin 16.04, Ubuntu Studio 16.04, Kubuntu 16.04, Lubuntu 16.04 and Xubuntu 16.04.

Normally this last-of-the-month article would be a summary of the biggest stories that happened during the month of March concerning the Raspberry Pi. This month, though, I thought I would change it up and discuss some of the biggest projects that were talked about this past month. In no particular order, here is what the month of March had to offer in the way of amazing DIY Raspberry Pi projects.

Using open-source software is easy, getting your company to integrate open-source development is hard. The Linux Foundation and the TODO Group aim to change this.

So much more than the Unity bit. Review Ubuntu 16.04, named after a type of African ground squirrel, Xenial Xerus, is here – in beta.