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Today we're introducing you to a newly released GTK+ theme that features transparent and flat elements, and it's compatible with multiple desktop environments and Linux distributions.

Jon Masters tells us the latest in the Linux kernel community, as the merge window for Linux 4.1 closes and work begins towards Linux 4.2

Not too long ago I did a short post on the Linux screenshot tool Shutter. While I still find Shutter to be a fantastic screenshot tool, I recently found myself wanting for some additional features. This led me to discover some nice alternative screenshot tools for Linux, namely Hotshots and Kaption. While I found Kaption to be rather nice and easy, I find it lacks the functionality and is a bit too dated (last updated in 2011) to be a realistic replacement for Shutter (It is still worth checking out though, you can find out how to install it here). Hotshots however, very well could be a viable replacement for Shutter.

This post will be an attempt for me to determine which screenshot tool I feel is the best option for using on a Linux OS.

Nowadays, the Internet is all about the Web. Users seem to have forgotten that it's possible to receive updates about anything that is posted on multiple web sites in seconds: this non secret is called RSS. Liferea is a neat, great piece of software that allows you to read RSS feeds and more.

Microsoft announced they will contribute to the OpenSSH project, so the connectivity between Linux and Windows gets a boost.

The main motivation for installing voice commands and speech recognition software is to aid in the management of the operating system, in this case, Ubuntu 15.04. For many people with disabilities is also very useful to use the voice as the main enforcer when it comes to the operating system, ie, whether the disabilities were are motor or even visual, software commands via voice is the perfect solution.

When I was a young girl, I remember my dad showing me Linux on his computer. He was showing me what was known then as Red Hat Linux—it was a fresh version of Colgate 4.0 from Best Buy. At that time, I was familiar with Windows 95 and knew how to use a computer, but Linux was new to me. It looked like a bunch of code and too technical. So, it was many years later, in January of 2009, that I finally made the switch. This is my Linux story. read more

We are proud to announce the official release of Fedora 22 for POWER, the community-driven and community-built operating system now available in Cloud and Server editions.

On June 2, the Qt Company, through Tuukka Turunen, announced the immediate availability for download of the second patch release for the stable Qt 5.4 series of the world's most acclaimed GUI toolkit.

mad Sousou, VP in Intel's Software and Services Group and GM of the Intel Open Source Technology Center, discusses why Intel cares about open source technologies.

Congatec’s “Conga-QA4″ Qseven COM is based on Intel’s 14nm “Braswell” Pentium and Celeron SoCs, and offers MIPI-CSI, dual SATA ports, and 4K video. Like Congatec’s Conga-QA3 and Qseven Headless, the new Conga-QA4 computer-on-module runs Linux or Windows on Intel processors and adopts the 70 x 70mm Qseven format. Whereas the earlier modules supported Atom E3800 […]

In yet another testament of the awful state of home router security, a group of security researchers uncovered more than 60 vulnerabilities in 22 router models from different vendors, most of which were distributed by ISPs to customers.

A developer has built a custom alarm watch powered by the Linux kernel with NTP synchronization, touch keypad, and network connectivity.

Install GlassFish 4.1 and setup reverse proxy with Nginx on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS

The Ubuntu Touch platform already received a few major updates in the past few months, but the developers are preparing so much more with the next releases. This information was revealed during the latest Ubuntu insider hangout.

The Inverse Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SOGo 2.3.0. This is a major release of SOGo which focuses on improved stability over previous versions.

Last year, a panel of Circuit Court judges ruled that believing that a patent is invalid should be a defense against liability for patent infringement. Last week, the Supreme Court says no dice. Meanwhile, the poor quality of software patents stays the same.

Although the technology itself has been around for a while, RSS is still the way most people consume Web content. When Google Reader was ended a few years back, there was a scramble to find the perfect alternative. You may remember my series of articles on Tiny Tiny RSS, Comma Feed and a handful of other Google Reader wannabes.

No one will argue that Linux world is more fragmented than the worlds of other operating systems. Each distribution has its fans, developers and haters.

There are few companies among this ocean of distributions that work closely with the community and help the Linux world to improve. Would it be interesting for you to see what people in these companies think like? Let's talk to one of them!

Axiomtek’s “CAPA840? SBC supports Atom E3800 SoCs, and offers -20 to 70°C support, wide-range power, dual mini-PCIe, and a “ZIO” connector for I/O modules.