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China-based Ugoos announced a quad-core, HDMI-stick style mini-PC available for a special price of $65 (normally $100). The Ugoos UM2 is runs Android 4.2 on a quad-core Rockchip RK3188 ARM Cortex-A9 SoC, offers an HDMI port, WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.0, and provides dual USB 2.0 host ports for external peripheral connection. Like Rikomagic’s MK802IV HDMI [...]

Zenoss is an open source real time monitoring tool and comes under GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. It provides a web interface that allows system administrators to monitor availability.

The OpenELEC 3.2 development series continues, this time with some serious Raspberry Pi updates from XBMC Gotham

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Putty, allowing attackers to compromise user system.

Changes in Ubuntu will speed up the process of building apps and getting them approved for Software Center - but they could leave you more tied into the Linux distro’s software development kit (SDK).

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact.

Despite all the programming languages, the thousands of libraries, and the millions (or so it seems) of JavaScript libraries in the web ecosystem, there is still one path to building modern web applications: store everything on a server and when users open up their web browser, the "client"—the code running inside the browser—displays the data and receives user input that is sent back to the server. This is the dumb client, smart server, powerless client, omnipotent server approach.

MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL. MariaDB strives to be the logical choice for database professionals looking for a robust, scalable, and reliable SQL server.

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

This is the second post in a short series in effort to recognize and celebrate the close of the 2013 Code for America Incubator. This new program was created to support Code for America Fellows as they work towards building startup companies to scale and sustain their Fellowship projects.

While Mesa 9.2 has some performance improvements and many new features, this open-source 3D graphics library isn't cut for everyone.

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at Ohio LinuxFest 2013 on Sunday September 15, 2013.

Mesa 9.2 is due to be released in the coming days so here's an overview of what to expect from the key open-source graphics drivers on this six-month update.

There were two updates for a stable Linux kernel yesterday. Is the process too fast? Linux Kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has a plan to slow it down.

We are pleased to announce the release of OS4 OpenLinux 13.7 and OS4 Enterprise Linux 4.1.4. OS4 OpenLinux 13.7 is our updated KDE release that we provide for users.

Numerous ways are available for an IT professional to establish their Web presence. One of them is writing about GNU/Linux or, in general, free or open source software. It is extremely beneficial for your IT career to publish on Linux related websites as a volunteer writer and, at the same time, enhance your Web presence. Jason Hibbets, a project manager at Red Hat and the lead administrator for opensource.com, in the interview for LinuxCareer.com underlines how opensource.com helps its authors in promotion of their articles, which, at the same time, promotes their name..

Forcing all network traffic through Tor will hopefully reduce the chance of your anonymity being compromised by application-level issues that result in 'leaks'.

The open-source Mozilla Firefox Web browser has its roots in the Netscape browser that has long since faded from active use on the Web. Firefox has evolved significantly over the years from that historical base to become a leading light in the development of new Web technologies. That evolution has accelerated significantly since 2011, when Mozilla moved to a rapid release process with new browser updates coming approximately every six weeks.

When it comes to text search within a pdf document, pretty much all pdf reader software support it (be it Adobe Reader or any third-party pdf viewer). However, it becomes tricky when there are more than one pdf document to search. This tutorial describes how to search multiple pdf documents for text by using recoll.

All computer systems can suffer from malware and viruses, including Linux. Thankfully, very few viruses exist for Linux, so users typically do not install antivirus software. It is still recommended that Linux users have antivirus software installed on Linux systems that are on a network or that have files being transfered to the device. Some users may argue that antivirus software uses up too much resources. Thankfully, low-footprint software exists for Linux. To better understand antivirus programs, it may be beneficial to understand malware itself.