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Clarence Siew was very proud Softpedia earlier today, July 4, about the immediate availability for download of the final version of his illume OS 3 distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The new version brings faster performance by adding the readahead and preload technologies to the boot system, greatly reduces system footprint so you can run in on virtually any computer that supports the 64-bit instruction set architecture.

Yota, the Russian company behind the dual-screened YotaPhone, has reportedly decided (via Yahoo News) to no longer pack Google’s Android on its future handsets. Instead, the phone maker will be going with Jolla’s Sailfish, a spin-off of Nokia’s former MeeGo Linux distribution.

LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) is an open source online survey application. It allows you to develop and publish online surveys as well as to collect survey responses from participants without much effort. Today we are going to show you how to install this online survey application on a Linux VPS.

At OSCON in Portland this year, Donna Benjamin and Gina Likins are combining forces to talk about a topic that is sometimes easily dismissed: conflict resolution. Given the growing need to address conflict in technology, and that even popular projects like the Linux Kernel adopting codes of conduct, it’s no surprise that conferences feature talks on human interaction. In this interview, Donna and Gina answer hard questions on what conflict resolution looks like in the open source community, how to engage with the engineering community on the topic, and how to encourage communities to focus on respect and compassion as a basis for resolution. read more

The Parsix GNU/Linux developers were happy to announce that the first snapshot towards the anticipated Parsix GNU/Linux 8.0 distribution is now available for download and testing. Dubbed Mumble, Parsix GNU/Linux 8.0 will be the first release of the operating system to be built around the GNOME 3.16 desktop environment, and powered by latest Linux kernel 4.0 technologies.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at Unity Editor and DirectX 11 for Linux, and more gaming news. Open gaming roundup for June 27 - July 4, 2015 read more

Webmin provides a web-based system administration interface for performing basic system administration tasks. Using Webmin, you can easily configure your Apache web server, create and edit users and groups, create and edit DNS zones and domains, configure MySQL database server, monitor traffic, configure your firewall and many other things. Installing Webmin on a Linux VPS is a fairly easy task and can be completed in less than 30 minutes.

Windows 7 has approached the user share numbers set by Windows XP six years ago, hinting that unless Microsoft executes its Windows 10 upgrade plans to perfection, Windows 7 will persist on devices long after its 2020 retirement.

In the past LG build 2 Google Nexus smartphones and according to very strong rumors LG will build the next Google Nexus smartphone. Google Nexus is a line of mobile devices that run the Android operating system. In the past LG developed together with Google the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 smartphones.

Now that Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" has been officially released, both for the MATE and Cinnamon flavors, the upgrade path has been opened for the users of older versions.

I am always wary of posting articles like this, but sometimes what developers with influence say needs pointing out. This time Jonathan Blow who created the hit indie game Braid has been blasting Linux gaming.

PhpWiki is a wiki-based content management software written in PHP, used to create web sites where anyone can edit or create the pages using a web browser. In this tutorial we will show you the steps needed to install PhpWiki on a CentOS 7 VPS.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the July 2015 issue.

An old protocol found in SOHO routers may be responsible for recent DrDoS attacks, says the security steam at Akamai. Akamai, through the company's Prolexic Security Engineering & Research Team (PLXsert), issued an alert today for an old protocol that could be used in Distributed Reflection Denial of Service attacks (DrDoS) attacks.

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the nonprofit group that manages Internet addresses for Canada, most Caribbean countries, and the United States, announced that it has activated its Unmet Request Policy. What that means is that there are no longer enough IPv4 address blocks available for the demand.

This week, Opensource.com began two new series. A couple from our OSCON speaker interview series made it into the Top 5 this week, but none quite hit the mark from our Mid-Year series. The Mid-Year series is comprised of some fun roundups, so here's the full collection for your reading pleasure.

Release Candidate 1 of Kodi 15.0 is released. According to the Kodi developers it is a “clean-up” edition, with a couple of nice (new) features. Kodi is now also available in the Google Play store for Android.

The NSA’s XKEYSCORE program, first revealed by The Guardian, sweeps up countless people’s Internet searches, emails, documents, usernames and passwords, and other private communications. XKEYSCORE is fed a constant flow of Internet traffic from fiber optic cables that make up the backbone of the world’s communication network, among other sources, for processing.

Virtual Private Network (VPN) services can be used for circumventing Internet censorship and accessing blocked content, but researchers warn that you shouldn't believe the companies' claims that they offer privacy and anonymity.

Project Ascension is a new open source project that aims to bring together all the major stores like Steam, Origin, and uPlay under one application. After numerous mockups and suggestions from the community, we finally have an official video that shows the progress made so far.