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Wow this I did not expect. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and the expansions are showing signs that they will come over to Linux & SteamOS!

One of the benefits of the ownCloud architecture is that it scales from small installations, such as a Raspberry Pi for 1-10 users, to up to 500,000 users and a petabyte of storage running in a powerful cluster setup. Together with research organizations CERN and AARnet, we've been collaborating to bring this to a new level—breaking through the petabyte barrier together. read more

Deviantart artist Sylvia Ritter has recently started a new project to create wallpapers for Ubuntu phone and tablet devices, inspired by all the Ubuntu Linux releases.

When I think about what makes SageMath different from other math software systems, it's one of the most fundamental things about it: SageMath was created by the very people who use it every day. These researchers, teachers, computer programmers, and engineers are the ones who fully understand computational problems because they live them. read more

We put four graphical SSH clients under the microscope to see which one came out on top with regards to the best service and most useful features.

Manjaro Linux is a sleek Linux distribution based on one of the most popular Linux, Arch Linux. Manjaro Linux comes in all major Linux desktop environment such as, XFCE, KDE, MATE, Gnome and Net-Edition for advanced users.

KDE Plasma 5 is one of the main desktop spins in Fedora. It’s under heavy development and a lot of things are changing. There are plenty of new features, bug fixing, and optimizing code. It’s an expansive desktop environment with... Continue Reading →

The Sonar GNU/Linux team was proud to announce the release and immediate availability for download of the first release of the open-source operating system in 2016.

The WINE developers and community have typically been hard at work to fix issues, particularly with big AAA games. Usually with a bit of a wait before we see enough supported libraries for the title to function properly. Now it appears a Linux user has already managed to get the latest Doom Alpha running on WINE.

I've been looking forward to trying out Balrum since seeing it on a crowdfunding site some time ago, and now it has had a day-1 release on Linux I got a chance to play with it.

In this tutorial we will cover the steps needed for installing Sentora on a CentOS 7 VPS. Sentora is a web hosting control panel that is free for download.

There's a little over a month until we will finally be able to upgrade our Ubuntu-powered computers to the feature-rich, long-term supported Xenial Xerus (Ubuntu 16.04) operating system.

After nearly a year of protests from the information security industry, security researchers, and others, US officials have announced that they plan to re-negotiate regulations on the trade of tools related to "intrusion software."

Redmond responds: Our OS is so great! The founder of Epic Games says that Microsoft is trying to lock Windows developers into using its app store for all their products.

Snowden says we can't trust government with our secrets, and we don't have to. You might as well pass a law telling glaciers not to melt. We all want our privacy and security. West Coast Law says the only way you get it is if everyone does.

Ethereum and Rootstock are two different open source blockchain based protocols that can be used for creating smart contracts. Which one of them will see widespread adoption?

Amazon has U-turned on its decision to remove filesystem encryption from Fire OS, which powers its Fire and Kindle slabs.

With Big Data much in the news, some notable conferences are taking shape, and they include opportunities to hear from some of the most advanced users of tools such as Hadoop and Apache Spark. The Linux Foundation, has announced the keynote speakers and program for Apache: Big Data, taking place May 9-12, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The number of users subscribing to Internet-of-Things (IoT) services grew at a faster pace than those subscribing to smartphones in Korea on-month in January, data showed Sunday, on the back of the rising sales of wearable smart devices.

Before purchasing a new Smart TV, make sure that its operating system suits your everyday needs. To help you choose wisely, here’s our handy guide to what each one looks like, and what features it packs.