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Today, when I checked the archives of the websites of the Linux distros, I was really surprised to see how different these sites looked back then. Here are the screenshots of the websites of some popular Linux distros when everything just started.

It now works as well as Ubuntu-based Linux Mint. The only issues with it are the same issues from GNOME 2 anyway, so I can heartily recommend it to newbies.

Monster RPG 2 the now open source source RPG game remiscent of early Final Fantasy games has just hit it's 2.0 release!

OpenShot, a very popular video editor for Linux, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to hasten its next phase of development, which will include a Macintosh and Windows port of the program. Jonathan Thomas, the lead designer and programmer for the project, is eager to hire some extra programmers to assist with this phase of the program's development. As an open source advocate, I'm thrilled about it.

The Raspberry Pi is cheap enough to leave on a network you’d like to connect to remotely, so let’s learn how to set it up to do just that…

The online attacks launched against multiple banks, insurance companies and television stations in South Korea Wednesday knocked targeted networks offline. But according to security experts, the attacks were relatively unsophisticated and would have required little infrastructure or expertise to launch.

Ubuntu's Technical Board has decided nine months is long enough to support some new releases of its operating system.

In an online meeting noticed by Phoronix (and available for all-text IRC replay here), the Board decided that “regular” Ubuntu releases will only receive food, water, warm lodgings and security updates for nine months after they emerge screaming into the world. Such releases previously received around 18 months of loving care.

The new policy takes effect as Version 13.04,aka Raring Ringtail, due in April.

While halving support sounds nasty, it's not entirely terrible news for Ubuntu users because the distribution has two types of release. “Regular” releases are perhaps best understood as “minor” releases. “Long Term Releases (LTS)” releases get a full five years of support.

Dot Categories: DeveloperKDE Telepathy fixes having a notification "a new contact has added you" even when you are offline, adds .desktop-based tubes channel approver Nepomuk changed DBus interface to the FileIndexer for status messages Improvements in kscreen API Calligra changes as to when config ui are in a docker and when it is in a tool Work on new dashboard in Skrooge

The European Commission (EC), the central governing body of the EU, has in the past several years pursued ICT policies that increasingly have been good for "openness" in the areas of standards, data, and software. Its recent announcements on cloud computing have continued this theme. However, as with any broad strategy of this magnitude, there are parts of the strategy (many well-meaning) that could lead to trouble. Attention, engagement, and follow-up with the Commission are needed to assure a positive outcome.

The new version of Windows 8 — Blue — seems to be well under way, but it appears to be coming with the same old dreadful Metro interface.

The objective here is to show how to install it on an HDD alongside an existing installation of Windows 7, with the Windows 7 boot manager as the “master” boot loader.

In this howto post we'll show you how to use the nagios monitoring plugin to monitor your Drupal CMS installation using Opsview's application monitoring software. With this module you'll be able to use Opsview to tell you if your Drupal website is running as expected.

Version 3.0.0 of OpenELEC has been released, which is a Linux distribution with a multimedia bent that is shipping with XBMC 12.1 Frodo...

Ubuntu Kylin has been selected by the Chinese government as the basis of a new reference architecture for operating systems. Canonical is working with Chinese organisations to customise the distribution to their needs

We celebrate the first birthday of the Raspberry Pi with an exclusive interview with its creators covering its first year on sale and goals for 2013

It was just one week ago that AMD released the Catalyst 13.3 Beta 2 driver while now it has been succeeded by Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3...

Fenrus Linux is a new Linux distribution being led by a well known Intel Linux developer. Goals of Fenrus Linux include focusing upon an optimal developer experience rather than world domination and also maximizing the performance and power management of the open-source operating system...

The Intel Linux graphics driver should now work better when overclocking your Intel graphics core thanks to a new Linux kernel patch...

Wayland and Weston along with other key branches like GTK+ and QtWayland have been forked by an independent developer under the "GH-Next" project name...

This one looks to be pretty damn exciting with crafting, building etc kinda like Minecraft on steroids. They plan to release on Windows, Mac and Linux.