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If you've watched the news lately, you know that last week a Linux developer has released the first ever native Linux kernel module for Microsoft's exFAT filesystem.

Linux is here. It's here to stay. And it just keeps getting better and better everyday. I am proud to be a contributor of software and solutions built on top of Linux.

And the story goes on and on... (must be because of Linux uptime)...

David Tavares, the developer of the Pear OS Linux operating system, has recently announced the features and roadmap for the upcoming Pear OS 8 distribution.

Mandriva has committed itself to protecting its customers’ privacy and digital independence for years. But we would like to show you how, by using Mandriva’s technologies and solutions as well as the upcoming OpenMandriva Linux distribution, it will be possible to significantly minimize and the data collection by specific governmental agencies and even keep its privacy and the ownership over one’s own data.

"Well, I generally use DuckDuckGo first, but I will use the Google search engine also."

Clement Lefebvre, the founding father of the extremely popular Linux Mint operating system, announced a few days ago the specs and price of a new MintBox mini PC, which will be powered by Linux Mint 15 (Olivia).

The very first edition of what is now called StartOS were based on Ubuntu, but the distribution has since dumped Ubuntu to become one that is not based on any other distribution. In other words, it is now an original or independent distribution, with its own package management system.

Here is the new digital forensics system optimized for Intel-based 64-bit architectures - DEFT Linux 8. What's new? a 64-bit 3.5 Linux kernel that has brought down the 4 GB memory limit - now you can use DEFT Linux on systems that have up to 256 TB of RAM; Sleuthkit 4 and Autopsy 2, ready for Autopsy 3 on Linux (only for law enforcement); Digital Forensics Framework 1.3; Libewf and AFFlib full support; Xmount and Mount Ewf; Guymager 0.7.1, Cyclone 0.2 and Esximager; Recoll 1.19.5 - software for indexing; Bulk extractor 1.3.1 with Bulk extractor GUI 1.3; Dumy 0.2 - an intelligence parsing tool to extract sensible data from anonymous dump; Skype extractor.

I have installed Linux Mint 15 MATE on my desktop for a few weeks and in my opinion, this release is nearly perfect so I didnt change much from the default settings.

However, for the new users of Linux Mint 15 MATE, if you need some ideas about what to do after installing the distro, here are some suggestions you can try

AMD has joined The Document Foundation's Advisory Board to take on a supporting role of accelerating LibreOffice in new ways.

It is important for children living in the age of computers and the Internet to have some exposure to the technology of today's world. DoudouLinux seems to be a right choice for a child that exhibits an interests in computers. It provides a great learning experience for children of all ages. Whether they would like to play a game or, for instance, start learning a programming language DoudouLinux has them covered.

Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on an Ubuntu 13.04 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP).

Read the rest of our interview with Clement Lefebvre and the Mint Dev Team from the latest issue of Linux User & Developer, 128

But while it does not have its own Fedora 19 installation image, you can run a Cinnamon desktop on Fedora 19 by installing the cinnamon package either from the command-line or from Apper, the graphical package manager.

Many users have read about our recent Qt-related work in prior blog posts. The GTK+ version of LXDE is still under development, but we did some experiments with Qt, too. Now I have some things to show you. Here is a preview screenshot for LXDE-Qt.

Following several days of rumors that the release of Samsung’s first Tizen-based smartphone had been delayed, the Korean language website i24news.com reported today that Samsung officials have stated that the launch of the company’s first Tizen device is being pushed out by two months.

This is a guide for new Ubuntu users highlighting everything there is to know about the Dash within Unity.

The new leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project, Lucas Nussbaum, plans to boost the amount of innovation that happens in the project itself, rather than just in its derivatives.

FossilShale Embedded Technologies announced an SODIMM-style CPU module based on a Texas Instruments DM385 digital media processor with a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 core. The DM385-SOM primarily targets embedded imaging tasks, such as surveillance and medical imaging devices, and is supported with a carrier board, several I/O adapters, and customized Linux and Android software stacks.

A few minutes ago, July 3, Greg Kroah-Hartman happily announced that the ninth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.9 kernel series is now available for download.