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Today, September 20, we were expecting to download the final release of the Manjaro Linux 15.09 operating system, but it looks like Manjaro's Philip Müller has just announced the release of the fourth build of Manjaro Linux 15.09.

RapidDisk is an advanced Linux RAM Disk which consists of a collection of modules and an administration tool. Features include: Dynamically allocate RAM as block device. Use them as stand alone disk drives or even map them as caching nodes to slower local disk drives. Enable Non-Volatile memory as high performing block devices and more.

One of the reasons why some users are not dropping Windows right now and adopting Linux is because of a particular game they love and play. So, what is the game that's keeping you from switching to Linux and total freedom?

It's our pleasure to announce the first stable release of Semplice for Workstations 2015, codenamed `Jethro Tull'. After a month since the release of the preview version, we now feel confident to release Semplice for Workstations 2015 to everyone. Huge thanks go to everyone who took part in the testing phase and has thus contributed in making this release possible. This release is based on Debian 8.2, plus the updates available at the moment of build (2015-09-18). The ISO images ship with Linux kernel 4.1.7.

Tizen is an open-source Linux operating system developed under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation, which aims to run on phones, tablets, watches, and IVI (in-vehicle infotainment). A new milestone for the 3.0 branch of the operating system has been released, and it bring some pretty interesting changes.

A few months after Valve officially launched Steam for Linux in 2013, Gabe Newell gave his LinuxCon keynote crowd a bit of music for their ears. "It feels a little bit funny coming here and telling you guys that Linux and open source are the future of gaming," the Valve head-man said. "It's sort of like going to Rome and teaching Catholicism to the pope."

Valve has a large catalog of games and many of them have been released more than a decade ago, but the studio continues to update them, even if they are very old.

The first time I heard Harper Reed talk, I knew that I wanted to get to know him better. His TEDx talk "When work becomes fun" is entertaining and got me excited and interested to meet him in person at All Things Open in Raleigh, North Carolina next month. Then, recently I got the chance to interview him for our All Things Open speaker interview series.

Zymbit’s IoT-focused, $15 “ZymKey” encryption and authentication device offers 256-bit SHA security for the Raspberry Pi and other Linux devices.

Zend framework is one of the most popular frameworks for developing modern PHP applications. The framework is modular, extensible and highly secure and that is why it is used by many developers.

In case you needed more proof that Linux is becoming an important player in the gaming market, we here at Softpedia are happy to announce today, September 19, 2015, that Valve's Steam library now features 1,500 titles.

Microsoft has built a Linux-based operating system for datacenter switches. Does this mean a Microsoft Linux distribution is just around the corner? Um... no.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at ScummVM for Sherlock Holmes games, a demo of the Steam controller at Pax Prime, info on the Soomla startup for mobile game developers, and more. Open gaming roundup for September 12 - 18, 2015 read more

WordPress is by far the most popular tool for creating original websites and blogs.

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we look at Apple joining the party to use open source infrastructure technology, 3D printing and open design to improve healthcare, and more open source news. Open source news for September 12 - 18, 2015 read more

JBoss/Wildfly Java application servers are the go-to solution for many enterprises. This how covers the steps needed to configure JBoss or Wildfly in domain mode.

Intel Graphics Installer is a small and undoubtedly useful tool for installing or updating Intel graphics to get the best user experience with the Intel hardware. Intel has just released Graphics installer for Ubuntu 15.04, so now you can easily install/update Intel graphics in Intel hardware. Let's see how we can do that.

Linux: For most people it’s just a pretty word to say. But for programmers its still a remarkably relevant operating system given that the Linux kernel, the part of the OS managing input/output requests, arrived on September 17, 1991. It was a big deal, the dawn of the open source age for the OS world.

The online development project repository for Docker containers apps grows dramatically in the 15 months since Docker Inc. introduced the technology.