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Do you have access to a 3D printer? Yes No 3D printing is changing the game. The way we strategize, plan, create, and do business is different now that objects can be materialized by adding layer upon layer.

This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a CentOS 6.4 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V.

Sometimes all you need is a text editor for jotting down a few quick notes, but what about those times you need to get serious writing done? Your first thought might not be to turn to your web browser, but there are quite a few writing tools available for Google Chrome that you should consider. Google Docs is a great option, but all of the extra features can be excessive if all you want to do is keep a note. The Chrome Web Store is now home to many distraction-free writing tools for Google Chrome that are quicker to load and access than the competition.

Since we have been looking at FreeBSD, OpenVZ, and ProxMox, it seems only right to mention the other open source player in this market: OpenNode. OpenNode, like ProxMox, is a management layer built on top of OpenVZ containers and KVM virtual machines. Unlike ProxMox, which is built on Debian, OpenNode is similar to CentOS and Scientific Linux in that it is built off of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A good fit, since the stable OpenVZ kernel is also released for RHEL.

Scribus is an open source, graphical desktop publishing (DTP) tool that focuses on layout, frames, styles, color management, and intercolumn document flow. Scribus is free software that runs on the Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X platforms, and provides most of the capabilities of traditional DTP tools at no cost.

The next set of Steam Greenlights has hit as expected today and thankfully there are some good Linux titles in the list too!

The Obama Administration on Tuesday issued a veto threat against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, warning the bill could violate Americans’ privacy rights and civil liberties.

The White House Office of Management and Budget said the bill in its current form lacked provisions that would protect Americans from having their personal online information shared with the government. CISPA allows private companies to share cybersecurity data with federal agencies and protects companies from liability for providing the information.

{Note: Posted for the tech / information privacy issues, not for political content.]

An interview with Lee Ward about the future of Fuduntu, which just announced its end-of-life. Ward talks about the decision Fuduntu made to stick with GNOME 2 and discusses possibilities for a new distro, possibly based upon OpenSUSE.

The serious distro with a punny name, Fuduntu, will end-of-lifed after the next update as team moves on to other projects

Not long ago, I wrote about how awesome it is to have shell access on a remote server. I still hold to that notion, but I received a lot of feedback on the issue. If you've considered paying even a couple dollars a month for shell access on a server, you might want to check out http://www.lowendbox.com.

56% of all patent lawsuits are being litigated by Patent Assertion Entities (PAE) aka Patent Trolls. The FTC under special powers (6b) have opened an investigation to examine the activities of PAEs. Read on.

Intel marketing engineers Chris Norman and Horace gave a presentation on “Developing Tizen Operating System Based Solutions” at IDF2013 in Bejing last week. The talk provided an overview and update on Tizen and briefly discussed Tizen platform and app development.

Civil liberties advocates have asked the US Federal Trade Commission to take action against the nation's four major wireless carriers for selling millions of Android smartphones that never, or only rarely, receive updates to patch dangerous security vulnerabilities.

Linux 3.9 includes drivers for new AMD graphics chips and for Intel Wi-Fi chips that are expected to become available this summer. Changes to the network subsystem will enable the kernel to be more efficient when distributing network traffic across multiple processor cores.

Start with a single star and spread your empire across the galaxy in a "humble" bid for galactic domination. The experience points earned by playing the game -- win or lose -- will unlock new powerful abilities to take with you that will not only tip the scales, but will also invariably change how you play the game

Luis Ibanez was recently awarded a People's Choice Award by our readers for his contributions to the site. It's no wonder he has so much to say and impart on open source projects—he works on them fulltime! In this Community Spotlight, Luis sheds light on what projects he contributes to, why he believes it is important we all give back at some point, and what open source tools he can't live without.

In Fuduntu 2013.2, DuckDuckGo is used as the default search engine of the Chromium web browser. When somebody uses the search engine, Fuduntu will get a little amount of money from DuckDuckGo. However, since the Fuduntu project will be ended soon, I think there will be no negative effect if we replace the default DuckDuckGo with Google , the more familiar and powerful search engine.

Ubuntu users that prefer the Gnome Shell are in for a treat. Ubuntu Gnome has joined the ranks as an official Ubuntu edition. The first official Ubuntu Gnome release will be coming along with the eagerly awaited Ubuntu 13.04 which will continue to use the Unity desktop as before.

If there was a theme for Day One of the Linux Foundation's seventh annual Linux Collaboration Summit, taking place this week in San Francisco, it was that the Linux community has moved way, way past wondering whether the open source OS will be successful and competitive. "Today I wanted to talk about the state of Linux," Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, began his opening keynote on Monday. "I'm just going to save everybody 30 minutes. The state of Linux is freakishly awesome."

The flood of software patents has created an environment where companies are afraid that innovation leads to being hit by patent lawsuits. Every dollar spent fighting patent trolls and or waging patent wars is a dollar not spent researching, developing, and creating jobs. The situation is so bad that, in 2011, Apple and Google spent more on patent litigation and buying patents than they did on research. So it’s no surprise that some companies are looking for new ways to navigate the patent system while promoting openness and innovation.