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This article details the circumstances behind my switch away from proprietary operating systems and my switch to Linux. Like many, I switched out of frustration with other operating systems and not directly because of Linux's open source model. I developed my passion for that after the switch was made. read more

In today's open source roundup: The NSA might be watching you if search for Tor or use it to browse the Web. Plus: GalliumOS is designed for Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. And Linux Mint 17.3 has been released.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its community fork, CentOS, offer 10-year life cycle, meaning that each version of RHEL/CentOS is updated with security updates for up to 10 years. While such long life cycle guarantees much needed system compatibility and reliability for enterprise users, a downside is that core applications and run-time environments grow […]Continue reading...

At a time when security is foremost in the minds of most people in this digital age, that feature is a must-have for any modern database application that aims to offer complete data security.

With the newest version of Linux Mint 17.3 released just few days ago, it is no wonder a big part of Linux community is interested in it.

Let me give you a quick screenshot tour through the Cinnamon edition of this distribution.

The first instance of a court in Germany (and perhaps anywhere) addressing GPLv3 occurred in a decision by the Regional Court of Halle in July 2015. read more

We have the pleasure of introducing our readers to a brand-new GNU/Linux operating system, called GalliumOS, based on the Xubuntu Linux distribution and tailored for Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.

You say you want a lightweight laptop with long battery life, a bright screen, and plenty of computing power? Good news: you can have it all. In this roundup we take a look at three high-end Linux laptops and two go-anywhere Chromebooks.

Part five in the Linux desktop customisation series: this time it the turn of MATE, the reincarnation of Gnome 2.

Linux Mint 17.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable to use. Software repositories are very important. We use them all the time when installing new software or performing updates. They need to be fast and reliable. This was a major point of focus in the development of Linux Mint 17.3.

I freely admit I learned about this app from my wife. In fact, I saw a few nostalgic posts on her Facebook timeline and investigated where they came from. It turns out she had installed an app called Timehop.

LetsEncrypt is an initiative being sponsored by several different organizations including Mozilla and the Electronic Frontier Foundation following from recent privacy discussions in various communities last year. The key goal is to provide free, easy encryption via free SSL certificates... Continue Reading →

Alessio Fattorini, leader of the NethServer GNU/Linux operating system, informed us about the latest new features that landed during the month of November 2015.

November was an extra busy month on Opensource.com. We published 91 articles and had 756,947 page views, which beat our previous record of 692,826 set back in June. We completed our LISA15 interview series, and we ran an Open Food & Beverages series. We had 15 new authors, and 64% of our content was contributed by members of the open source community.

The OpenSSL Software Foundation patched four vulnerabilities in the cryptographic software library on Thursday, likely marking the last time that two older versions of the library will receive updates. The group announced back in December 2014 that it would cease support for two of OpenSSL branches, 1.0.0 and 0.9.8 at the end of the 2015.

Digital photo management application for KDE and Linux digiKam has been upgraded to version 5.0 Beta 2 and is now ready for testing and download.

In this article, you’ll find a few screenshots from a test installation of Linux Mint 17.3 MATE. Screenshots from a test installation of Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon are available here.

Keeping in-step with the clones. Visual Studio Code is a new, lightweight, cross-platform and open source code editor that you can download for free at http://visualstudio.com.

An “AON” Kickstarter project is pitching a $4,500 and up, Pi-based industrial 3D printer with dual FDM extrusion heads and a 18 x 18 x 25-inch chamber.

Why IT leaders who are still resistant to open source may lose credibility.