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While most of the native Linux games that can be easily automated are built atop the id Tech engine or some spin-off there of the open-source id Tech 2/3/4 engines, here's something new to play with this weekend. There's also some early results to explore...

Sometime is useful to have information on a system when you login into it via ssh or via a local terminal, or perhaps just to have a warmer welcome with some ASCII art and information on your system, on Linux there are many software that do this work, we can call them Shell information tools.

These tools are designed to run in a terminal to show information on your distribution/system.

Community KeynoteAgustín Benito Bethencourt Yesterday, nearly 300 hackers grabbed their badges at the Estonian IT College in Tallinn and launched Akademy 2012. Mathias Klang's keynote, Freedom of Expression, got things going quickly with his urgent call to action for those who stand for freedom, which often disappears gradually and in a slow creep. Some people kicked off the conference on Friday night at the pre-registration party sponsored by Intel or even arrived earlier in the week to explore Tallinn and sample Estonia's beers. During the first day of Akademy, there were sessions on release management, Plasma Active, and the future of KDE and Qt technologies. read more

The Ultra KSM (UKSM) patch-set for the Linux kernel continues to be maintained for providing transparent full-system memory de-duplication for Linux...

Next week the annual Debian developers conference, DebConf, will begin in Managua, Nicaragua...

Gdev, the GPGPU run-time and resource management engines that provides an open-source NVIDIA CUDA run-time, is still being worked on at the University of California Santa Cruz in conjunction with PathScale...

With the latest version of WordPress just arriving, version 3.4, I’m sure people who are using the self-hosted version of WordPress are interested to know what is included with this update. Along with the usual bug fixes, included are many improvements and additions that will benefit both designers, developers and end users. Let’s take a look and see why.

What is the difference between Wary and Slacko? No this isn't a joke waiting for a punchline but the introduction to the second part of my Puppy Linux review series. This time I am reviewing Slacko Puppy. Is Slacko more intuitive than Wary? Are there any features that would make me choose Slacko over Wary or does it perform like a dog?

This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.1 on a headless Ubuntu 12.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

Welcome to the 206th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

After being in development for one month since the release of Suldal Milestone 3, the fourth development release of Phoronix Test Suite 4.0 was made available on Friday...

It looks like the VIA kernel mode-setting (KMS) code may soon go mainline...

Here's another interesting open-source project that's leveraging LLVM to do some interesting things with the Python programming language...

An improved Message Tray is scheduled for Gnome 360 and developing goes really fast on this. Don’t forget that notification system is one of the top goals of Gnome3!

This is a very impressive list of Linux distribution screenshots, from Absolute - Zorin. Can't decide which distro is for you? Check it out!

If you are disgruntled by the new interfaces provided by recent distribution releases, namely GNOME 3 and Unity, you might want to take a look at Cinnamon. With its traditional feel and extreme theme-ability, Cinnamon is a desktop interface bound to spice up anyone's computer. The general feel is that of GNOME 2, or perhaps XFCE, but its polished look and downloadable themes make it truly exciting to behold.

The state of FireWire audio interfaces support on Linux

Linux: Not everyone hates Ubuntu's Unity, but there are a few things you might miss from Ubuntu's old interface—like it's easy-to-navigate dropdown menu for applicatoins and settings. ClassicMenu Indicator puts that classic menu back in your menu bar.

With the upcoming releases, jQuery is planning to drop support for Internet Explorer 6,7 and 8. The developers are saying supporting these browsers is putting an unacceptable maintenance burden on the project

Hi folks, I hinted in my first blog that I would like to do more technology stuff and I finally have a means to start. I should explain, this morning I read a blog over on darkduck's blog, it appears to be a guest post, however it angered me in such a way I just felt I had to make some sort of response.