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With only a month away from Euro 2012, things are starting to get extra hot for football fans. While sports is the Linux gaming category with the biggest shortage, there are some fun projects that can offer amusement and fun to Linux users. On this article we will check out the best available football games for the GNU/Linux platform.

There was a time when distro-hopping was fun, but for me, it has since lost its shine. Now, I just want to stick with one desktop distribution. But I do not want to stick with just any one. It has to be perfect.

The KDE Project announced earlier today, May 5th, the third maintenance release for the KDE Software Compilation 4.8 environment.

This post is my collection of notes on installing and configuring Kernel-based Virtual Machine virtualization on a Debian Squeeze (6) host. I control these VMs from my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop.

KDE 4.8.3 is now available...

Proxmox Virtual Environment is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox does not officially support software raid but I have found software raid to be very stable and in some cases have had better luck with it than hardware raid.

For the past few days I have been trying out the Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview. For the most part, I would call Windows 8 a cr@p wreck, but it is not without a few advantages over Linux.

There are a few things that are absent that mean that I cannot use it daily, but oh my goodness it is polished!

Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. These updates are the third in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.8 series. 4.8.3 updates bring many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.8 series and are recommended updates for everyone running 4.8.2 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE’s software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come.

While both editions just work out of the box, they leave a very important feature disabled by default. That feature, is the firewall. The really bad thing about this distribution is not just that the firewall is not configured, but that there are open ports that leave your computer wide open for Black Hats to mess with.

Gimp is an advanced image editor application, it works on many operating system including Linux, MAC OS X and Microsoft Windows. We have seen earlier on the development series 2.7.x many features which lands on the final release Gimp 2.8.0. Now, the final release is available to Download. So, let’s check out its highlights and download links.

The news has been quick to spread today that Electronic Arts will be making a brief presentation at the Ubuntu Developer Summit next week...

"Ubuntu 12.04 is at the very least among the best Ubuntu releases so far, and definitely represents an improvement over 11.10."

Helena the 3rd is a 3D action platforming game. Guide your tank Helena over rough terrain, battling hostile enemies, and occasionally needing to leave your tank to access areas Helena can't reach in search of upgrades and other treasures.

The Financial Times of London recently took the unusual step of shutting down its iOS app in favor of a HTML5-only approach. It works for them, but would it work for your company too?

With word this morning of Electronic Arts making plans with Ubuntu and now the release of GIMP 2.8, some may think that hell has frozen over...

GIMP 2.8 has been finally released after being in development for more than three years. New features include single window mode, layer groups, on canvas text editing and many more.

Well there's a new kid in town here in the Linux blogosphere, and it's already caused quite a stir. It's one of the Ubuntu clan, as its nickname makes clear, but that's as far as the foolin' goes. With five years of support and a scaly, tough hide, this one's here to stay. With time on its side and its eye on the prize, it may just blaze a new trail. Can freedom take hold in a world that's been dominated for so long?

Open Source is bad for small developers, bad for business users and amazing for big software vendors. As far as innovation for humanity is concerned, the jury is still out. As far as I can tell, so far, most innovations were produced by proprietary/closed innovation organizations. Examples are the computer mouse, graphical user interface, iPhone, all NASA and government agencies innovations etc…(An oldie but goodie-- TC)

GIMP 2.8 has just been released, bringing with it a load of new features, such as grouped layers, rotatable brushes, and a much sought after single window mode