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The fifth maintenance released of Linux kernel 4.0 arrived today, June 6, as announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman, a renowned kernel developer. Linux kernel 4.0.5 is available for download now!

The Rigol DS1052E is the de facto oscilloscope for any tinkerer’s bench. It’s cheap, it’s good enough, and it’s been around for a long time; with the new 1054 zed model out now, you might even be able to pick up a 1052E on the cheap.

[wd5gnr1] came up with a really interesting piece of software that allows a Linux system to control most of the functions on this popular scope. With just a USB cable, you can read and log all the measurement of the scope, save waveforms in CSV format, and send data to gnuplot and qtiplot.

Fifteen years after Sun Microsystems released the code for OpenOffice.org, most users still don't know what they have, especially in the text processor Writer. Far from being an inadequate substitute for Microsoft Word, in LibreOffice, the code's latest incarnation, Writer is so far ahead of its rival that there's no competition. You would have to compare Writer with a professional tool like FrameMaker to find a suitable comparison.

SourceForge is a long established web-based service that offers source code repository, downloads mirrors, bug tracker and other features. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage free and open-source software development.

Command line arguments (also known as positional parameters) are the arguments specified at the command prompt with a command or script to be executed.

The developers behind the Gentoo-based Sabayon Linux distribution had the great pleasure of announcing that the latest monthly update ships with next-generation technologies.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at refunds on Steam, Minecraft on Docker, new games, and more! Open gaming roundup: May 31 - June 6, 2015 read more

Dubbed “A Gallery of Fine Creatures”, MediaGoblin 0.8.0 is here to bring significant improvements the client to server API component, which means that the software will no longer depend on a web browser.

GitHub has revoked an unknown number of cryptographic keys used to access accounts after a developer found they contained a catastrophic weakness that came to light some seven years ago.

Any human with an email address likely has gotten thousands of spam messages that look like delivery notifications, invoices, or other alleged communications from shipping companies such as UPS or DHL. They typically contain malicious attachments with exploits for a browser or plug-in vulnerability, but a researcher at the University of Cambridge has run across a novel twist on this kind of spam that turns out to be a completely different kind of attack.

Microsoft is interfering with efforts to put Free/Open Source software in voting machines, ensuring that these machines continue to have back doors (Windows)

DigitalOcean is a cloud provider that provides a one-click deployment of a Fedora Cloud instance to an all-SSD server in under a minute. After some quick work by the DigitalOcean and Fedora Cloud teams we are pleased to announce that you can now make it rain Fedora 22 droplets!

Top 5 articles of the week: June 1-5, 2015: Konqueror, a file management program; 650+ votes on poll: Which browser do you use? How to digitize VHS to MP4; Rust pledges 6-week release cycle; My Linux Story: My dad, Linux, and me.

Nexcom launched a 3.5-inch SBC and COM Express Type 6 module featuring Intel’s 4K-ready, 14nm “Braswell” SoCs, and offering extended temperature operation.

From the 'Mozilla's Leadership Collapse Continues' files:

Arne Exton had the great pleasure of informing us about the availability of a new build for his Fedora-based Exton|Defender Linux distribution, now based on Fedora 22 Linux.

Valve officially pins down a launch date for its Linux based Steam Machine game console.

In this article I will explain how to create a file that works like a USB drive -- without the "physical" side of a USB disk. The advantage of making such a file is that you can make it encrypted; as a result, nobody will ever be able to see what's in it unless they know the passphrase.

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at the adoption of open source databases, Creative Commons licensing to Open edX courses, SSH coming to Microsoft Windows, and more! Open source news: May 30 - June 5, 2015 read more

Why were two OpenStack companies acquired on the same day, and what does that mean for the future of OpenStack?