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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 ..

Robert Rosario, the developer behind the open source document management tool Mayan EDMS, has pulled the development code of the software from public repositories he says it's being pinched by folks who use it in ways not allowed by the GNU Public Licence. In a Google+ post, Rosario says he works hard to make the software, happily releases it for free but uses the GPL but reserves the right to retain property rights to the code. That's perfectly fair, he argues, given that the code is free to download and use.

They say it's a small world after all, but in the Magic Kingdom, it appears to be a FUD-filled world as well. How else to explain a recent episode of "Shake It Up" on the Disney Channel? Asked to diagnose a misbehaving PC, a stereotypically geeky character asks, "Did you use open source code to save time and the virus was hidden in it?" Much canned laughter ensued, of course -- as did widespread outrage.

The value of the open source model is unconstrained innovation, transparent credibility, and decentralized control. It's not limited to software technology; it is a culture of knowledge-sharing and collaboration, and it applies equally to all fields.

F-Droid is an alternative to the Android Market featuring only free and open source software, without device or user tracking.

It has been another busy week on the LinuxPlanet, with big kernel news last week as the momentum and excitement now builds in the lead up to this week's big LinuxCon event.

Interview with Jos Poortvliet, openSUSE Community Manager, about his desktop setup. Jos does a lot of great stuff with KDE and makes the case that KDE is worth learning.

I love Mozilla Thunderbird. I love using it with IMAP which lets me synchronize with GMail. To make the experience complete, I also like to view my RSS feeds. Setting them up is shamefully easy. There's no excuse not to try it, so let's do it.

Read the howto at Free Software Magazine.

One of the interesting Google Summer of Code projects this year was bringing OpenGL ES 2.0 support to the Blender Game Engine and also at the same time to port the game engine for this open-source modelling software to Android. Alexandr Kuznetsov is the student developer that took on this GLES / Android porting for a GSoC 2012 project, which for the most part turned out to be a success. His stated targets were making the OpenGL portion of the Blender game engine compatible with OpenGL ES, extending the Android support, and making a small game chooser / packager. He also carries a long-term goal of making all of Blender compatible with OpenGL ES.

Dot Categories: Community and EventsThe KDE Community are still looking for proposals to Host Akademy in 2013. Akademy 2012 The hosting proposal needs a strong team of local volunteers who have an eye for detail that is able to organize and host our annual community summit.