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The new version of Suricata IDS adds experimental features including Unix socket support, IP reputation processing, and Lua scripting alongside numerous enhancements to performance and scalability

Commercial embedded Linux is growing like crazy in all industries, including automotive.

There's a tool out there that you may not have known you needed. Writing a statement like that make me think I should have gone into the marketing business -- but wait. Gardeners, photographers, outdoors enthusiasts, outdoor events organizers, architects -- you name it -- will all benefit from this miracle tool made possible by the magic that is the magnetic-compass enabled smartphone.

Ubuntu this, Fedora that, Mint the newest Linux darling-- it's as though all those other hundreds of Linux distributions don't exist. Let's throw caution to the winds and seek out new distros, and boldly go where we have not gone before. Here are three I'm thinking of installing on my test machine and torture-testing this weekend.

If you think streets are for driving, you’re not alone. But you are also not thinking outside the box. Open Streets initiatives are taking root across the continent, with communities everywhere looking to use their streets for walking, dancing, bicycling, partying, and dozens of other activities that can help build healthier, stronger, more sustainable communities. Here are three ideas and resources from the Planning Tool Exchange to help you open your streets to more than just cars.

While there were some initial problems with Thunderbolt support on Linux, most of the early problems with the new technology have been worked out with recent kernel updates. Unfortunately, some problems remain with this high-speed I/O interface...

Mozilla is organising game development hackathons in London and New York to kick off its Game On programming competition. With this initiative, the organisation hopes to promote web-based, browser-run games

This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on CentOS 6.3. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

Some believe big data will be a boon for decision making, while others see it as so dense, it will only lead to confusion and inertia. This infographic, based on research from Pew, looks at the pros and cons of Big Data.

This week we look at a new developer crowd funding site, if cloud security fears are overblown and the hottest tech companies to start a career.

The arrival of the ten-year anniversary of Creative Commons is an opportunity to express gratitude to an organization that has done so much to promote the sharing of cultural works and to challenge traditional assumptions about the appropriate use of copyright.

It's early days for secure boot, the new method that Microsoft is using to protect its desktop turf, but it would not be unfair to say that the company has succeeded in showing up the sharply fragmented nature of GNU/Linux.

Three months after the release of X.Org Server 1.13, the first point release is now available to provide additional bug-fixes...

The audio/sound pull for the Linux 3.8 kernel has been sent in and it features audio driver improvements, new capabilities, clean-ups, and more...

The Linux 3.8 kernel is beginning work on supporting Microsoft's Windows 8 multi-touch protocol...

Pulling together hardware designers from all over the Internet presents several challenges. Among these is the task of keeping things like project time lines, roadmaps, forums, wikis, and issue tracking organized and cohesive. There may also be the need to collect and organize design files such as CAD, which don’t fit well into the traditional paradigm used by source code management systems like git and CVS. The main reason for this is because CAD files tend to be binary, and are hard to diff or merge in any meaningful way.

The Cinnamon Desktop is becoming more impressive with every passing update. This release is the product of over 600 total changes. Linux Mint 14 Nadia is the first distribution to ship with Cinnamon 1.6 which now has a more convenient workspace management interface.

Today Valve Software has announced the forthcoming opening of the Steam Linux Beta for everyone next week. This announcement was made on a closed mailing list.

Linux got its start on a 386 processor, but 21-years later, the Linux kernel developers have decided its time to say good-bye to the venerable Intel processor in its next major Linux kernel release: 3.8.

Variety and choice have long been hallmarks of the Linux world, not least because new distributions emerge practically every day. That's been just as true in 2012 as it has in other years gone by, meaning that as this year draws to a close, we have even more options than we did when it started. More than 30 new distros joined our sphere in rapid succession thanks just to the “31 Flavors of Fun” experiment in August, but there were also several notable arrivals that come to light over the course of the year with the potential to make a lasting mark.