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FOSS Force has learned that Mageia will soon officially announce the release of the stable version of Mageia 5, most likely later today. According to a source within the organization, the ISO images were pushed to the distro’s main mirror at about 7 P.M. EST yesterday. According to our source, the developers are now just waiting for the images to be available on all mirrors before making the official announcement.

There's a Linux clothes detergent out there, and it's a real one, from a company that has a trademark on it and that's selling it today. Welcome to the bizarre world of trademark rules.

The assembly code of the Linux kernel is complicated and poorly maintained, according to some Linux developers. So a lot of code is rewritten in C. Linux kernel 4.1 comes with many x86 ASM code changes and one of the developers; Andy Lutomirski explains what kind of issues he encountered.

Yeah, that Richard Stallman. You know, GNU’s project leader and the inventor of all those great tools that are essential to Linux or GNU/Linux, depending on what you call it — like the original Emacs, the GNU Compiler Collection, the GNU symbolic debugger (GDB), GNU Emacs, and a wide range of others. Oh, and his advocacy of free software, as well as campaigning against software patents and copyright laws, are the stuff of which legends are made.

Not too long ago, I was working at an art organisation that offered university classes, low-cost membership for facility usage, and just an all-round creative space where people could come and look at and create art. It was very nearly my ideal organisation. It was non-profit, creative, and as open as it could be to anyone who wanted to learn. read more

The UK's only dedicated Postgres user event has two new speakers, along with a great line up of technology and other experts

Swappiness is the kernel parameter that defines how much (and how often) your Linux kernel will copy RAM contents to swap. This parameter's default value is “60” and it can take anything from “0” to “100”. The higher the value of the swappiness parameter, the more aggressively your kernel will swap.

Intrinsyc’s tiny “Open-Q 410 SOM” module has a quad-core, Cortex-A53 Snapdragon 410, offers WiFi, BT, GPS, 8GB of eMMC, and supports both Android and Linux. Vancouver, Canada based Intrinsyc Technologies Corp. has expanded its line of Qualcomm Snapdragon based Open-Q computer-on-modules with a tiny module that taps Qualcomm’s 64-bit, Snapdragon 410. The Open-Q 410 is […]

BQ and Canonical were proud to announce a few hours ago on their Twitter account that the recently announced BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition smartphones have moved from pre-order to being available to buy.

Keep your containers close and your data closer. ClusterHQ has inked an agreement that will see its Flocker container management code integrate with EMC's flashy fare.

Design and user experience (UX) can often be an afterthought for open source projects. But that’s changing. PatternFly is a project helping to bridge the gap between developers and designers.

OpenRA is an open source project that revives the classic Command & Conquer game titles, like Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert. OpenRA's primary focus is cross-platform multiplayer between Linux, Windows, and OS X.

Security, networking, virtualisation, multibooting, troubleshooting, amazing FOSS, the best distros and more inside this fantastic new bookazine

Dropbox synchronizes folders in your PC with a virtual hard disk in the cloud. This tutorial shows the installation of Dropbox on Ubuntu 15.04

Google’s Nest upgraded its Linux-based automation line with a new “Nest Protect,” and a 1080p “Nest Cam” surveillance cam with optional cloud analytics. In 2013 and 2014, it seemed we were covering Linux-based home automation gizmos almost every week, but by the end of last year, the market grew saturated, and acquisitions overtook startups. This […]

In today's open source roundup: elementary OS leaves SourceForge for new hosting. Plus: First impressions of a Chromebook from a Linux user. And which Chromebook should a university student buy?

Linux Journal editors are proud to introduce GeekGuides-- practical ebooks for the most technical people on the planet.

Normally, I don’t cover vulnerabilities about which the user can do little or nothing to prevent, but two newly detailed flaws affecting hundreds of millions of Android, iOS and Apple products probably deserve special exceptions.

I’ve lived in many cities during my military career. Each time I’ve moved, I’ve had to deal with a new city’s website, and what I’ve learned is that there are great differences across each city's site design and in how much government data is online and accessible. read more

Steps to extend or increase swap space using a swap file in Linux