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The 1st of September is just around the corner. Nowadays, one of the most popular purchases for the pupils and students are computers. Being it Linux Desktop or Laptop, you still have an option to install your own operating system on it, specifically to help your child, or maybe yourself, to prepare the homework. There are several Linux-based OSes, which fall into this category, and the most well-known of them is Edubuntu.

When it comes to solving Maths equation in Linux, we have previously discussed GeoGebra, a software for geometry and 2D graphs. However, if you are looking for a more powerful tools, you should give Sage a try. We’ve all heard of Matlab or Magma, but Sage offers an open source alternative to those two, and is, to my opinion, simpler to use.

BleachBit is a general purpose cleaning application that covers almost every application or component of your system that stores any kind of data, taking hard disk space and risking the unintended sharing of personal data over the internet. The application is unfortunately still using gtk2, but other than that it is completely simple to understand and use in daily basis.

As we have previously announced, the sale of Humble Bundle for Android is running for almost 2 weeks now. Recently there have been added another 4 highlights to the first 5 games in the bundle:

The draft chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement on Intellectual Property insists that signatories provide legal incentives for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to privately enforce copyright protection rules. The TPP wants service providers to undertake the financial and administrative burdens of becoming copyright cops, serving a copyright maximalist agenda while disregarding the consequences for Internet freedom and innovation.

(CNN) -- It's hard to say exactly what percentage of desktop and laptop computers run Apple OS X, but it's clear that the operating system has made slow but steady gains at chipping away at that the sizable lead Microsoft established in the '90s with its Windows operating system. Some figures put the number at about 6 to 7 percent of the desktop market. But one thing's for sure: OS X has been more successful than Linux, the open source operating system that has found a home on data-center servers but is still a rarity on desktops and laptops. Linux may have seen a surge last year, but it still hasn't seen the sort of growth OS X has, nor the growth that Linux supporters have long hoped for.

Firefox 15 has been released, and includes a few updated on both desktop and Android versions, including speed and tablet optimizations.

Diaspora announced its plans to gradually open the project to the community.

This is a response to some high traffic Tech/News Magazines that tend to present Gnome like an unpopular, un-maintain and almost abandoned project. But it is also a response to some people that are pessimistic and negative about the future of Gnome. I believe that things are much different…

Nvidia has announced yesterday, August 27th, the immediate availability for download of the 304.43 version of its graphics driver for Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD operating systems.

It's a good thing looks aren't that important, right? Review Microsoft offended thousands in April with a preview of its next Visual Studio, a John-Major-inspired, grey affair intended to take Microsoft’s all-encompassing IDE loser to the look of Windows 8.…

Webmin can be used to create and edit mail aliases which can be used to send mail to individuals, groups, lists or even applications. Webmin is a web based front end used for monitoring Linux servers which have no GUI.

The Yocto Project is an open source project formed with the goal of making embedded Linux development easier and more portable across architectures. This article introduces the project and provides a step-by-step walk through on how to get started.

The GNOME Project unleashed a few minutes ago, August 28th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the first Beta release of the upcoming GNOME 3.6 desktop environment.

Robert Shingledecker announced last night, August 27th, the immediate availability for download of the Tiny Core 4.6 Linux operating system.

I have confirmed with NVIDIA that the current 304.xx Linux graphics driver series is "the last release branch for some cards, including GeForce 6/7." NVIDIA has previously said that their 306 Windows graphics driver will remove support for the GeForce 6 and GeForce 7 series graphics processors. With the largely shared code-base between Windows and Linux/Solaris/BSD, it could be presumed that they would be removing the support for all platforms. NVIDIA's Hardy Doelfel confirmed to me today that it's indeed the case.

Unity3D 4.0 game engine has native Linux publishing support and with release of its first beta version, developers are already trying out their games on Linux.

Mozilla has uploaded a few minutes ago, August 27th, the Mozilla Firefox 15.0 web browser for all supported platforms, including Linux.

WattOS R5 showed me that the developers achieved their goal with their operating system. They promised to deliver an OS which would work on low-end computers, and it is very likely to be true.

We are proud to announce the release of GNU Health 1.6.3, the Free Health and Hospital Information System. This version brings major improvements in the hospital information system, both from the administrative and patient management. Here is a quick summary of the main changes ..