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It's been a long time coming, but the Btrfs file-system now finally supports RAID 5 and RAID 6 configurations for the next-generation Linux file-system...

The AArch64 back-end to LLVM that provides support for the compiler infrastructure to target ARMv8 64-bit hardware, is now enabled within the default build...

Like Acer's C7, HP's Chromebook is a lightly modified version of one of its low-end Windows laptops, the HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14-b010us. That laptop includes a Windows license and several upgraded components, but the body and build quality of both should be more or less identical. Despite this similarity, don't expect to be able to buy the Chromebook version and put your own Windows license on it—while a version of Ubuntu has been made that is compatible with Chromebooks' locked-down bootloaders, installing alternate operating systems on the computers is a non-trivial undertaking.

The polls are closed and the results for the 2012 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards are in. Debian, Android, Raspberry Pi and LibreOffice are among the winners. The Members Choice Awards allow members of the Linux community to choose their favorite products in a variety of categories including Mobile Distribution of the Year, Server Distribution of the Year, Database of the Year, NoSQL Database of the Year and Desktop Environment of the Year. The total number of categories this year was 30.

It was in September of 2010 that the formation of the Document Foundation was announced. It's now two and a half years later, and with the release of LibreOffice 4.0, its not only flourishing, but forging a path independent of its predecessor.

Munich's City Council has criticised the HP study, commissioned by Microsoft, that claims to have identified high costs for Munich's Linux migration. There is no reason to adjust its own, significantly lower figures, said the Council

It's clear iOS and Android rule the roost among developers today, but there are number of promising alternatives on the way or already here including a maturing HTML5 standard and several open source offerings. I run down the options with Telerik's Todd Anglin.

The Free Software Foundation's licensing team has explained what it achieved in 2012 and its plans for 2013 as the FSF's 2013 fundraiser comes to a successful end

The following tutorial will teach Linux users how to jailbreak their Apple iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4/4S, iPad 2/3/4 and iPod Touch 4G/5G devices that run iOS 6 or later.

“Change is inevitable in a progressive society. Change is constant” Benjamin Disraeli 1867. Quite a fitting quote if I say so myself. When I started in systems administration back in the mid 90’s everything was done either remoted in from your desktop, a server, or you plugged a terminal into the back of the server.

Imagine There’s no IDEs. It’s Difficult if You Try.

There was a time when programs were written in text editors. And when competition between C++ vendors was actually fierce. Step into the time travel machine with us in The History of Visual Development Environments as we revisit the evolution and impact of the visual development metaphor.

No one who understands the attitude of broadcasters in general or the history of the corporate culture at CBS in particular should have been in the least surprised by the brouhaha over this year’s Consumer Electronic Show’s (CES) “Best of Show” award.

With Windows 8 stumbling out of the gate and Google's Linux-powered Chromebooks gaining steam, Microsoft needs to dump Windows 8 for Windows 7 on PCs and the sooner the better.

The “freedom” issue surrounding Chromebooks is well documented, same with Windows 8 certified systems. So, which one is better? Or which one gives you less or more freedom?

Kaspersky is reporting on malware found in the Google Play store that is loaded with more than just Android malware. The trick in this case is to covert the smartphone into a version of a rather traditional vector for PC malware.

Raspberry Pi’s base model release finally fulfills the promise of a $25 computer, available in Europe now

Unvanquished is a free, open-source first-person shooter combining real-time strategy elements with a futuristic, sci-fi setting. It is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

GNOME developer Travis Reitter is reporting on the decision by the GNOME developers to make JavaScript the standard language for GNOME application development

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has officially launched the HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook, joining Acer, Samsung and Lenovo as core PC makers that now back Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) ChromeOS-based cloud notebooks. Is the Chromebook revolution quietly accelerating within the shadow of Microsoft‘s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 8 push? Hmmm…

The ApacheCon NA 2013 conference is coming up. The event takes place 24 February - 2 March 2013, at the Hilton Portland and Executive Towers, in Portland Oregon. Registration for the event is now open, and you can find more about the conference, and registration here. In conjuction with ApacheCon NA 2013, OStatic is running a series of guest posts from influencers in the Apache community. The first in the series ran here. In this second post in the series, Patrick McGarry (shown), a community manager for Inktank, the consulting services company that helps users to learn and deploy Ceph, discusses open source and disruption.