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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.

Today KDE had the great pleasure of announcing the immediate availability of the first point release for the stable KDE Plasma 5.6 desktop environment.

Files appeal in epic 'Who owns Linux' case against IBM The Santa Cruz Organisation (SCO) just doesn't know when it's dead: the company that thinks it owns Linux is having another try at milking IBM for money.…

Need a design for a garden bed you can print and construct yourself? Or, perhaps you live on an urban farm and are looking for a small run for your chickens? AKER provides these modular designs and others to help build "ecologically resilient, healthy communities." And, as a member of a community-supported agriculture project myself, I also have a keen interest in solving the unique problems presented by our rapidly growing world population and the need to feed it with heallthy food. read more

The U.S. Department of Commerce has just created a Board of Advisors for topics related to the Digital Economy.  I will participate as one of the two co-chairs, along with Zoë Baird, President and CEO of the Markle Foundation.

In a second go-round of its copyright lawsuit against Google, Oracle is hoping to land a knockout blow. A damages report filed last week in federal court reveals that the enterprise-software giant will ask for $9.3 billion in damages.

In its lawsuit, Oracle argues that Google infringed copyrights related to Java when it used 37 Java API packages to create its Android mobile operating system. The damages it's seeking aren't just more than the Java API packages are worth—it's far more than Oracle paid for the entirety of Sun Microsystems, which was purchased in 2009 for $5.6 billion.

rm stands for ‘remove‘ as the name suggests rm command is used to delete or remove files and directory in UNIX like operating system.

The Linux Foundation has partnered with Blacks in Technology and Kids on Computers to increase access to Linux and open source software. The open source space remains a privileged place, but the Linux Foundation hopes to add demographic diversity by partnering with two community groups, Blacks in Technology and Kids on Computers.

Sabayon 16.04 is a modern and easy to use Linux distribution based on Gentoo, following an extreme, yet reliable, rolling release model. This is a monthly release generated, tested and published to mirrors by our build servers containing the latest and greatest collection of software available in the Entropy repositories.

Turn the tables on tables. Analysis Despite being assaulted from all sides, the relational model for databases is still the king of the hill and it looks like it will not only survive, but thrive as well.

SolidRun is prepping a tiny, Linux-friendly COM based on Intel’s “Braswell” processors, and featuring SATA, GbE, HDMI, USB3.0, PCIe, 4K video, and more. SolidRun’s Intel Braswell MicroSOM family will launch in April with a new computer-on-module form factor that measures a wee 53 x 40mm. The Intel Braswell MicroSOM features a unique reverse-power design that […]