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Normally, I shy away from reviewing elementary-stage distros. Alpha releases are often too nonfunctional to offer any real work usability. They are simply proof-of-concept versions. This is not the case with the openArtist distro, however. After hearing a few colleagues rave about openArtist, I threw caution to the wind and checked it out.

When Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) unveils financial results on Jan. 30, keep a close eye on the company's CloudStack strategy and milestones. Most channel partners are familiar with Citrix's virtualization, mobility, collaboration and IT support platforms. But CloudStack represents a new battlefront -- one that involves the hearts and minds of emerging cloud services providers (CSPs) and private cloud builders.

Over the years, many people have speculated about when Ubuntu will be ready for the casual computer user. Some individuals have compared Linux distributions to other operating systems, such as OS X. In this article, I will be offering a unique comparison between Ubuntu 12.10 and OS X Mountain Lion. Since I have access to both operating systems in my home office, I was able to take the time to narrow down where each operating system excels and where improvement is still needed. I have also attempted to do so without bias or platform-specific hype.

Alan Cox, the venerable Linux kernel developer presently employed by Intel and an avid open-source enthusiast, has lashed out against the recent release of Fedora 18. Cox calls the new Fedora release, "the worst Red Hat distro I've ever seen." Alan ended up switching to Ubuntu as a result of his disastrous experience with Fedora 18.

Tomas M. has returned to the business. The new version of his famous operating system, SLAX 7.0, was released in the middle of December 2012.

Could the six-month Ubuntu cycle be dropped in time for the next LTS in favour of a rolling release every two years?

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) spent considerable time discussing hardware during an earnings call yesterday. Read between the lines and it looks like Google is making a very strong commitment to Chromebooks — those cloud-centric notebooks currently offered by Acer, Samsung and Lenovo. CEO Larry Page described the “multi-screen world” in which “we are living in uncharted territory.” And, he vowed, Google will push the user experience forward.

Trinity, a system call fuzzing tester for the Linux kernel, has been updated to version 1.1, adding support in its tables for all syscalls up to Linux kernel 3.8rc4. Fuzzing is a security technique which feeds random arguments into functions to see what breaks.

For me it comes down to this: Apple has great design, but it restricts your choice in all kinds of ways. I have been seeing those restrictive bars more and more, despite all the beautiful flowers. Android offers a kind of “tyranny of choice.” But in the end, I think choice and openness are better, even if they seem less attractive at first glance. That’s why I’m thinking of making the switch permanent. Forgive me, Steve.

MariaDB, the MySQL fork, continues to pick up steam as openSUSE is also considering using it as the Linux distribution's default database management system.

Actually, his new site is a double dot–mega.co.nz, or Mega. Originally, he planned to use the too trippy url Me.ga, using the domain country code for Gabon, a plan that was derailed because the government of Gabon didn’t want to be party to “violating copyrights.” Mr. Dotcom might be excused for suspecting the United States for being an outside instigator in this matter.

Well here are a few questions that Petr Sebor of SCS Software answered about Linux and Euro Truck Simulator 2, hope you enjoy it!

Amid rumors that Microsoft may invest in Dell, a massive question has emerged: If such an investment occurs, will Dell maintain its extremely close relationships with Canonical (Ubuntu), Red Hat, SUSE and other open source providers? Hmmm… Here’s my spin on the situation.

Exe Linux 3.3 is available. Exe GNU/Linux is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution. Its primary goal is to provide a Debian variant that ships with a slightly re-themed Trinity desktop environment (a fork of KDE 3), as well as several useful scripts and utilities. It offers LXDE as an alternative desktop. It uses the official Debian repositories, as well as the Trinity mirror for updating the desktop environment.

The alias command is a handy tool to have if you often work on the command line. If set correctly it will help you to type your commands faster as well as it will even help you to correct your typos. alias is a shell builtin command, which means that no installation is required as it is available on your system by default. This tutorial will teach you how to use the alias command in the Linux operating system by explaining the alias command in more detail with use of examples.

The new version of Solus OS will come with a lot of changes. One of those changes being the Consort Desktop Environment. To find out more information about the development I've talked to Ikey Doherty. Below you can read a short interview.

The latest release, Enlightenment version 0.17 or E17, was released late last year. I’ve been playing with it for a few weeks now, and so far, I’ve been impressed. There are still has some very rough edges, but it’s very usable.

Announced last week was a new fork of GNOME Classic as the Consort Desktop. Released today by the Linux distribution behind this project, SolusOS, is the first alpha version of their next Linux release that integrates this forked GNOME desktop...

Why bother? Canonical kernel team manager Leann Ogasawara explained in a Google hangout today that this proposal is on the table because Canonical thinks it can deliver both stability and cutting-edge features with rolling releases. For the two years between LTS releases, there would be no new versions but there would be lots of updates.

Nothing is "set in stone," but "when we hit the next 14.04 release it could go from 14.04 to 16.04, and everything in between is what we consider a rolling release. You're going to be pushed and following the latest package releases, not only from the kernel but also from the entire distribution."

Another bug-fix pull request was sent in on Tuesday for the Btrfs file-system in the yet-to-be-released Linux 3.8 kernel. Chris Mason notes that he's still working out an older CRC corruption issue...