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With the recent interest regarding Link-Time Optimization support within the Linux kernel by GCC, here are some benchmarks of the latest stable release of GCC (v4.7.1) when benchmarking several common open-source projects with and without the performance-enhancing LTO compiler support.

A recent episode of the Disney channel “sitcom”, Shake It Up, included a rather odd comment regarding open source software. The exchange between the youngsters essentially suggests that using open source code can lead to software being infiltrated by viruses or other malware, and being a “rookie mistake”:

Cloud efforts move forward as KOffice fork continues to evolve.

Few days ago I was talking with Jack -Scionicspectre- Gandy, who is a new Gnome contributor, and he was explaing me about the work he does together with Cosimo Cecchi for improving GTK2 Apps look. Two-three days after, he pushed his work in the Gnome-Themes-Standard Git. The result is just impressive!

BlankOn is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by the Indonesian Linux Mover Foundation and BlankOn developer team. A few days ago the development team of BlankOn released the new version 8.0, that features their own desktop shell for Gnome 3 called Manokwari. That sounds interesting but is it really? Let’s find out!

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced that the Linux 3.4 kernel will be his next "-longterm" kernel that will be supported for at least the next two years...

Last week we heard news that NVIDIA is at least evaluating support for their binary graphics driver with Wayland, but on the AMD Catalyst binary driver side it doesn't look like they will be supporting the next-generation Linux display architecture "anytime soon", according to a reliable source...

The official release of Valve's much-anticipated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive title is set to happen on the 21st of August. In anticipation of the launch, Valve has released a new CS:GO trailer...

While the feature freeze is now in effect for Fedora 18, the Spherical Cow has been fed some feature freeze exceptions to enrich this forthcoming Linux distribution...

MySQL developers are finding that test cases and revision histories aren't being readily published by Oracle and bugs are being quietly set to private. Is Oracle closing the MySQL source or just being a bad communicator?

Linux users should test the latest kernel from time to time - if they don't, they shouldn't be surprised if something important gets broken the next time a major update is released

The Liberated Pixel Cup has been going on since April as a free-as-in-freedom game development competition being hosted by the Free Software Foundation, Creative Commons, and OpenGameArt. For those more (or equally) interested in the license of the game rather than quality, here are some reviews of the different Liberated Pixel Cup submissions...

The truth is that it was quick as flash at the very beginning. But, as I went on, the system felt more and more sluggish. Add here the usual Fedora difficulties, or annoyances, if you want, with getting multimedia literally singing and dancing. Add here the menu structure, which I’ve never gotten to understand. And, as a result, you probably come to the same conclusion as I do

Karl Fogel, board member of the Open Source Initiative and QuestionCopyright staffer, recently posted a “modest proposal” on his personal blog. Karl suggests that mobile application marketplaces, most notably on Android, should make it obvious what license an application is released under before the user installs it.

When an HP executive stated in an interview last week that he believed the next HP tablet could take on the iPad, my first thought was the guy is delusional -- or perhaps he doesn't choose to remember the ill-fated TouchPad, the last tablet entry from HP that last a whole 45 days on the market.

Jon Masters summarizes the latest goings on in the Linux kernel community, including the release of the 3.5 kernel, and an unfortunately embarassing incident for Microsoft’s virtualization team.

A new tool converts systemd startup configuration into the older sysvinit files, which could help when Linux is not the only kernel that developers are packaging startup files for

Last week I delivered OpenGL/3D benchmarks of Ubuntu 12.10 when comparing the performance of the default Unity desktop to the now-defunct Unity 2D environment. Canonical's decision to kill Unity 2D means that for those now forced to use the Compiz-based Unity may experience lower frame-rates, high power consumption with Unity-over-LLVMpipe, and other differences. Additional testing has shown how Unity is affecting the 2D graphics performance.

Keynotes by Open Source authority Geoff Schmidt of the Meteor web framework; Eric Sterling, president of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation; and Selena Deckelmann, major contributor to PostgreSQL

Mayank looses his memory because of a chronic disease and then he gets it back Using Linux, Internet and other modern gadgets and services.