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There are many ways to convert a video file on a Linux system, but using a tool with a graphical user interface is imperative for those who want to do it easily and in a more user friendly way. Thankfully, there are many open source GUI tools that could do the job just fine and you can find some specialization here and there if you look closely.

I spend a lot of time at conferences and events like Maker Faires, and having co-authored a book on the Raspberry Pi, I spend a lot of time talking to people about things like small electronics and open hardware. Probably the most frequent question I hear is, "Should I get a Raspberry Pi or an Arduino?" read more

Remix OS is a tweaked Android version, with a desktop interface and Chinese tablet maker Cube plans to release a tablet with this tweaked Android version.

Pi Supply has achieved Kickstarter funding for a “Papirus” display HAT that supports E-paper displays up to 2.7 inches on the Raspberry Pi and other SBCs. Like Percheron Electronics’s recent E-Paper HAT Display, Pi Supply’s Papirus is a Raspberry Pi HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) form-factor add-on board available with a variety of under 3-inch […]

Mozilla released version 38 of the Firefox web browser last week, and the updated version is available now in the Fedora repositories for Fedora 21, and for users running Fedora 22 pre-release versions. As has been the case since Firefox... Continue Reading →

Cat is the basic command when we start learning Linux/Unix, as the name suggest it is used to create new file ,concatenate files and display the output of files on the standard output.

The latest bit of announced change that has people up in arms in the Linux community is Ubuntu's concept of “Snappy” packages.

MakuluLinux Aero, a Linux distribution based on the Debian testing branch that uses Cinnamon and some customizations that make it look like a Windows OS, has been released.

Announcement Marks Key Point in Development of Open Source Mobile Ecosystem San Francisco, Calif. – May 18, 2015: – The Open Web Device Compliance Review Board (CRB), in conjunction with its members ALCATEL ONE TOUCH, Deutsche Telekom, Mozilla, Qualcomm Technologies, … Continue reading

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Welcome to this special OpenStack Summit edition of our weekly OpenStack and open source cloud news. Interested in keeping track of what's happening? Opensource.com is your source for news in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project.

The openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling release version of the famous operating system has moved to KDE Plasma 5.3, and it looks like it's a smooth transition, although any help from the community is always welcomed.

Tensions between the free software/open source community and Apple date back to the 1980s, Linux's founder called the core of Mac OS X "a piece of crap" and other anecdotes from software history.

Aaron Swartz and Jonathan James commit suicide in different years; surprisingly the prosecution team trying them was the same Two of world's most wanted hackers had committed suicide and no one still knows why.

With a one-day delay, the forth Release Candidate (RC) version of the upcoming Linux kernel 4.1 was announced on Monday, May 18, by Linus Torvalds.

The retail powerhouse explains how it's using OpenStack in its vast IT infrastructure.

No surprise here, Red Hat, a leading contributor and OpenStack vendor, is seeing strong demand for OpenStack cloud technology. Red Hat released a new study and detailed a new cloud offering today at the OpenStack Summit.

Parsix GNU/Linux 7.5 (code name Rinaldo) brings stable GNOME 3.14 desktop environment, a new kernel built using our modernized kernel build system, updated installer, a new version of systemd and an upgraded X.Org Server.

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