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One of the most common questions I'm asked by a disabled prospective Linux user is, "There are so many different Linux distributions. Which one is for me? Which one is most accessible?" This is a valid question, and one that hasn't been answered very often. Fortunately, like many things with Linux, there are ready-made solutions that will meet most users needs, and they're all just a download away. In this article, I'll explain how to install Linux and give a review of eight accessible Linux distributions, or distros as they are commonly called. Three categories: read more

You probably didn't think we would ever be putting Ubuntu and mainframe in the same sentence, but Canonical and IBM announced a partnership today to put Ubuntu Linux on IBM mainframes.

If you are one of those stock investors or traders, monitoring the stock market will be one of your daily routines. Most likely you will be using an online trading platform which comes with some fancy real-time charts and all sort of advanced stock analysis and tracking tools. While such sophisticated market research tools are...

Low-level x86 hassles may hold up next Kernel release The world may be on the threshold of another Linux Kernel release. Or it might not.…

The Document Foundation announced that the hard team of developers behind the most powerful open-source office suite in the world is hard at work on the first maintenance release of LibreOffice 5.0.0.

Redmond's latest can't quite crack five per cent market share Windows 10's growth has slowed, according to StatCounter Global Stats.…

The Kodi development team announced a few minutes ago, August 16, that the first maintenance release of the Kodi 15.0 "Isengard" open-source media center software is now available for download for all supported platforms.

Samsung debuted two Android phablets, teased a round Tizen watch amid rumors of a “Z3? Tizen phone, and touted a $100 million investment in Tizen for IoT.

FreeBSD, an operating system for x86, ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, PC-98, and UltraSPARC architectures, has been upgraded to version 10.2, which brings this development cycle to an end.

A roundup of recent reports about Windows 10, which is akin to Windows Vista in many ways

It is funny how many times you use your full-blown PC as a terminal to another computer (which is quite often not as capable as the terminal computer). If all you need is a remote display and keyboard, a Raspberry PI would be enough. One of the newer Pi 2 boards would be even better.

While it has been long known that American telecommunications companies worked closely with the spy agency, newly disclosed N.S.A. documents show that the relationship with AT&T has been considered unique and especially productive. One document described it as “highly collaborative,” while another lauded the company’s “extreme willingness to help.”

Modern life has become increasingly dependent on software systems. Many daily used devices rely on Free Software for their basic functionality or additional services. TV sets, ATMs, smartphones, media centers and in-flight entertainment systems are examples of how Free Software has been pushing the boundaries of current technology. This is achieved by using well-proven solutions, developed in a collaborative, open, and trusted way. The Workspaces, Applications, and Frameworks delivered by KDE are representatives of the empowerment Free Software provides to our lifes.

The OCaml system is the main implementation of the Caml language. It has an advanced type system, offers a powerful module system, automatic memory management, and adds full-fledged object-oriented layer.

KaOS is a Linux distribution built from scratch that makes use of a customized KDE desktop environment, and that follows a rolling release model. An upgrade images of the distribution has been released and is now available for download.

Mozilla wants to make private browsing truly private... It’s available in the Firefox Developer Edition on Windows, Mac and Linux, and Firefox Aurora on Android, Mozilla said...

The strangest, and largely overlooked news, coming out of the tech sector this week is Dell's Microsoft betrayal. This isn't the first time that the PC maker strayed. Linux joined the product stable long ago...

Disk space filling up can really mess your systems up, especially if the root partition gets to 100%. And that can happen when you least expect it. In fact, that's generally when it does happen. So, the question is, when you're under pressure to get a critical system or application back online and that "no space left on device" message keeps slapping you in the face, what do you do?

A text editor is always the best friend of any developer. Every developer passes most of his/her time programming with text editor. So that text editor has to be unique and friendly at the same time. Then I remember Atom, one of the most handy text editors. The latest version Atom 1.0.7 released recently with some tweaks into find & replace.

Today the Gnome desktop turns 18. To celebrate, we created a list of reasons to use it.