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Odia Wikipedia is one of the first few Indian language Wikipedia projects celebrating such an old age. The Wikimedia community will gather in Odisha's capital of Bhubaneswar on June 3 to celebrate Odia Wikipedia's 13th anniversary. Get more event details. read more

The Nautilus (Files) open-source file manager used in numerous GNU/Linux distributions has been updated recently as part of the GNOME 3.17.2 desktop environment, the second milestone towards GNOME 3.18.

Synergy works really well, it's simple to use, and is an essential utility if you want to control local computers with a single mouse and keyboard.

A native file browser for USB flash drives will be included in the next version of Android (codename M).

Actually, straight forward install RDO Kilo on Fedora 22 crashes due to relatively simple puppet mistake. Workaround for this issue was recently suggested by Javier Pena. Start packstack for multinode deployment as normal to get files require updates. After first packstack crash update /usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/service/systemd.rb to include "F22" (in quite obvious place) on all deployment nodes

"Time for a new OS... why not try #Ubuntu?" is one of the latest tweets of Dell support.

In this tutorial we will show you how to install ProjectPier on a CentOS VPS with Apache, PHP and MariaDB. ProjectPier is an open source project management and group collaboration software which allows developers and users to create and manage multiple projects online using a web browser.

We reported earlier this week that Mandriva S.A., a French company that handled the Mandriva Linux operating system, was in the process of being liquidated.

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Lychee on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with MariaDB, PHP-FPM and Nginx. Lychee is an easy-to-use self hosted photo management system.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at Google's Cardboard update, Liftpass for game purchasing, new games for Linux, and more. Open gaming roundup: May 24 - 30, 2015.

Debian 8 (Jessie) was announced only a month ago, and now its developers are preparing the first point update for it and they even have a precise date in mind.

I’ve taken some time to take a look at Warlocks Vs Shadows which is a really great looking 2D side-scrolling action RPG. Available right now natively for Linux.

Oh yeah, now they'll fly off the shelves. Google I/O Apple is winning the PR war with its Watch, but Google thinks an open platform, and some nifty Android Wear software, can give it the edge in the smartwatch world.

Mandriva S.A., the French company behind Mandriva, the distribution that long time Linux users will remember as Mandrake, died this week at the age of sixteen. The announcement came in the form of a notice posted by the company earlier this week. The cause of death was financial hemorrhaging.

WinFF is a tool that uses FFMPEG to convert any kind of video files by using a large number of presets and a ton of other options. It's been around for a long while, so it's time to take a closer look at it and see how it has endured the passage of time.

Welcome to the Opensource.com weekly top 5! Alex Sanchez, the social media guy (and more) at Opensource.com, and I talk about myths in open source and some fun names in the space right now: Hubble, Raspberry Pi, Karma, and Midnight Commander.

VIDEO: Imad Sousou, VP in Intel's Software and Services Group and GM of the Intel Open Source Technology Center, discusses the Clear Linux and Clear container efforts.

System76, a hardware company, which is being known for building powerful computers with Ubuntu preloaded, has just announced that they have a special sale only for this weekend.

CompuLab’s fanless Fitlet-H mini-PC has a quad-core 2.2GHz AMD A10 Micro-6700T SoC, up to 16GB RAM, internal SATA, dual HDMI, dual GbE, and dual mini-PCIe. CompuLab’s Linux-ready Fitlet-H joins three other Fitlet models announced in January. These include the entry-level, dual-core (AMD E1 Micro-6200T) Fitlet-B, the quad-core (A4 Micro-6400T S), and the quad-core (A4 Micro-6400T) Fitlet-X, which adds support for CompuLab’s FACET (Function And Connectivity Extension T-Card) modular system expansion options.

If you're working in system administration today, you need to learn about OpenStack. Whether you're a seasoned IT pro looking to leverage cloud technology in your organization or just starting out in your career and hoping to put some experience under your belt, we're here to help.