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I'm trading in my Ubuntu PC for a new Samsung Chromebox running Google Chrome OS. What motivated the move to a cloud-centric thin client? Here’s the explanation.

If you are looking for an easy way to install over 200 quality free and open source games in Ubuntu, this is it. I've taken the time to go through the Ubuntu Software Center and pick out some of the best games it has to offer. I tried to only include quality games (yes, I left out the glamorous xBill and Bugsx). I must warn, installing these games will download up to 8GB of data from the Ubuntu repositories and depending on your internet speed, could take over 4 hours to complete. For this reason, I recommend having a reliable internet connection before continuing. To install, run the following command for your release:

Samba server is best option for sharing files between Ubuntu dan Windows Computer. Samba is a free and open source application re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol, originally developed by Australian Andrew Tridgell. As of version 3,samba can be used as file and print services between Linux and Windows-Based clients.

Just 8 days ago I stated that, if I could pull together just $4,000 in contributions, I would Open Source (under the GPL) all of the applications and games you see on this site. As of about 10 minutes ago, we have hit $4,001 (and some change). That’s right. We pulled it off. Because we are awesome. We showed that we, as a community, could rally together to fund a developer working full time on Open Source applications. Now What? Now things get fun. Tomorrow I will be updating this website and releasing free (as in beer) builds of all of the software available here (including Linux Tycoon, Illumination Software Creator, etc.). Then I will be setting up project tracking tools and source control for each application… and uploading the source code licensed under the GPL.

While patches have been around for more than one year to support Hierarchical Z on the ATI/AMD R600 open-source driver, the Gallium3D support still hasn't been merged...

Samsung will be the foundation’s seventh platinum member, alongside industry heavyweights such as IBM, Intel, and Qualcomm. Samsung uses Linux extensively throughout its product line, particularly in the mobile space. Samsung said in a statement today that it intends to continue expanding its support for the open source operating system.

"We’re looking forward to increasing collaboration and support for our growing portfolio of Linux-based devices and to making contributions that advance Linux for all," said Samsung Electronics Vice President WonJoo Park in a statement.

Effective. Efficient. Secure. These are the hallmarks of Ubuntu and GNU/Linux. GNU/Linux is the go-to operating system for advanced software developers world wide, and yet may not be seen as a good fit for creative writers. Why is this? After all, what is one of the basic tasks performed by software developers?

Firefox 13 has been officially released June 5. This complete howto explains how to install Firefox on any Linux distribution, with or without replacing an existing Firefox installation.

Sure, you can use any of the fancy graphical tools for updating Linux or for adding new programs to the open source OS. But sometimes it's faster and more efficient to use brute force and a command line. For those days, you need to know these shell commands update and add programs to your Linux system. Behold.. the command line!

Rhythmbox 2.97 has been released a couple of days ago, bringing a new, more compact header layout which includes album art by default, along with a new podcast subscription interface and other minor new features and bug fixes.

Netflix announced it was launching its own Content Delivery Network (CDN) this week and it was open sourcing the hardware design and software. That makes it doubly interesting and could help ISPs ease the burden of Netflix traffic across their systems.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: June 5, 2012) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced an online "one-stop-shopping" solution for learning resources for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) program: http://www.lpimarketplace.com. This online resource will bring together the best in LPIC exam preparation materials, publishers, and courseware providers to assist IT professionals prepare for their career advancement in Linux and Open Source Software.

It's now been four months since Linux Game Publishing saw its new CEO, but there's been no announcements since the decade-old company saw some new blood at the healm...

As Linux attracts more developers, careful thinking and best practices can reduce the unique testing challenges it presents

The LLVM compiler infrastructure provides a powerful way to optimize your applications regardless of the programming language you use. Learn the basics of the LLVM in this first article of a two-part series. Building a custom compiler just got easier!

The list of planned features is very long and includes many UX and UI additions, improvements and bugfixes, but the two that I am looking forward to the most are KLook and StackFolder, two features already available by default on ROSA Marathon 2012 and also in ROSA Desktop 2012 beta.

The schedule for Akademy Workshops and Birds of a Feather sessions (BoFs) is available for registration. Organized in the Unconference style, people attending Akademy can select the preferred times and locations for topics they will lead. read more

Microsoft may not have fully endeared itself into the FOSS rank and file with its recent attempt to hold hands with the open source community. Feelings are not unanimous regarding the commercial software giant's decision in April to front a company-owned subsidiary called "Microsoft Open Technologies."

But with F17 comes gnome3. And I knew I'd have trouble, but also knew that most of the worst cr@p could be fixed with extensions, and I'd used 3.4 on my laptop enough to know it should be all somewhat usable. But christ, it's a "one step forward, one step back" kind of thing. Change the font sizes? No can do - until you install the tweak tool, because the standard settings panel still doesn't do something as fundamental as that. Ok, I knew it used to be broken, I knew the work-around, but it's still broken?

Creating your own Linux system can be a rather difficult thing to do and is not usually attempted by anyone other than advanced and power Linux users and veterans. Thankfully, Novell and SUSE has made the task very easy.