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James Bottomley explains why the Linux Foundation answer to booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs has been delayed. Spoiler: It's Microsoft's fault.

"Privacy has been a big topic as of late, which is unsurprising considering that we are living in an age of information; the time when access and sharing of information is easier than ever. This fact has enabled a kind of leakage of privacy; more and more of what used to be considered private is being shared with the world, or is much easier to obtain, even without your knowledge or against your will, than ever before."

Cinnarch project lead developer Alex Filgueira has released an update to his Linux distribution that includes a new default file manager and LibreOffice installer and improves the live system's overall stability. Cinnarch is a rolling release operating system based on Arch Linux that features Linux Mint's Cinnamon as its default desktop environment. The OS uses the LightDM login manager and Chromium, the open source browser project run by Google, as its default web browser.

Rise of the Guardians ‘primary tools’ have now been released with an open source licence, allows for sparse volume processing

I try to use GNU/Linux solutions whenever I can. However, one exception to this rule is the printing process in my home. I have one printer, and it is connected to my Windows 7 machine. As GNU/Linux becomes more popular in homes and businesses, it is becoming more common to see mixed GNU/Linux-Windows environments. Printing from GNU/Linux to Windows 7 using Samba did NOT work for me reliably, but I have found a method that works 100% of the time. In The Linux Week in Review 49, I’ll explain how to set up a 100% dependable GNU/Linux-to-Windows 7 printing network. The video at the end of TLWIR 49 demonstrating the entire setup process from beginning to end.

Collaboration is changing. Gone are the days of excuses for not collaborating, like "we work better in person," or "we're in different time zones." Technology makes it easy to work together. It's simple and it's free (assuming you have a computer, webcam, and internet connection).

No wonder that chkdsk flaw was never fixed Part one The unholy alliance of IBM and Microsoft unleashed OS/2 25 years ago with a mission to replace Windows, Unix and DOS. Back then, I was foot-soldier in that war: a contract bug hunter at Big Blue. Here’s how I remember it.…

This tutorial describes the installation and configuration of Z-push on a Debian Squeeze server with ISPConfig 3. Z-push is an open-source application to synchronize ActiveSync compatible PDAs and mobile phones. Z-Push was initially developed by Zarafa Deutschland GmbH (Germany). At the end of this tutorial, your customers should be able to sync their mobile phones, by using push technology, with their e-mail accounts stored on your server.

Mint 14 plus UI update Ubuntu users with a hankering for Gnome can take comfort: the latest version of Linux distro Mint has been released.…

Beats Pixar for once with release of smoke-and-mirrors-ware Animation studio Dreamworks has released some of its production animation code under an open source licence.…

Legend of Dungeon is a 1 to 4 Player Co-op Roguelike-like Beat'em'up RPG with dynamic lighting on awesome pixel art.

Animation studio Dreamworks has released some of its production animation code under an open source licence. OpenVDB, the software in question, is billed as “an open source sparse volume processing toolkit” and is available under version 2.0 of the Mozilla Public License. The C++ library “comprises a hierarchical data structure and a suite of tools for the efficient manipulation of sparse, possibly time-varying, volumetric data discretized on a three-dimensional grid.”

Canonical shows no intention of changing course, so alternatives to Ubuntu are becoming increasingly popular. The most mature at this point is Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, keeping its parent's flexibility and compatibility while taking a more traditional direction with its interface choices. The Mint developers have just released their latest version, Linux Mint 14, codenamed "Nadia," and it has a lot of nice things going for it.

Repurposing an old computer is a matter of choosing the room of the house that will be augmented by the introduction of a dedicated device. One of the most common repurposing projects for old computers is the digital jukebox. In the kitchen, old computers can be turned into fancy electronic recipe books. Another useful re-purposing project is to turn the computer into a file server or virtual host.

Sure it's in England, but The Pi Hut offers all things Raspberry one in one place.

For those not preoccupied by US Thanksgiving Day celebrations, the third (and likely final) development milestone of Phoronix Test Suite 4.2 "Randaberg" has been reached...

The Intel DRM graphics driver in the Linux 3.8 kernel will feature a number of user-facing changes...

I was very optimistic about the potential of Gnome3 since the beginning ..but I couldn’t never imagine all these things that are happening in 3.8. Gnome 3.8 is above any expectation and that has mostly to do with the refreshed Shell and Gnome Control Center we will get. If Gnome Shell 3.6 was a good release, Gnome Shell 3.8 will be more than amazing!

We explore the many ways to use Android on Raspberry Pi in the latest issue of Linux User & Developer

From the forthcoming GNOME 3.8, a fixed set of GNOME Shell extensions will allow users to add traditional desktop elements. The development team is also working on presenting documents, music, photos and videos within GNOME Shell