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Say “Gentoo” and most people think of a source code based DIY distro. However, this is a pre-built desktop system that comes as 3.4GB disk image. Michael Reed takes it for a spin…

A post by Kevinjohn Gallagher on "no longer recommending WordPress" to his clients has gotten a bit of traction lately. While there's legitimate criticism to be leveled at WordPress, Gallagher's isn't (for the most part) it. If you're approaching WordPress with the expectation that it's the be-all and end-all of content management systems (CMSes) you're going to be sorely disappointed.

Retro Blazer is a new first person shooter for Linux featuring fast paced gameplay. The game is based on Darkplaces engine and brings back Quake like old school goodness with a difference. Rich cel-shaded graphics, sound effects and colorful environment give the game an altogether new feel and make it more light hearted.

Linux desktops can display as much movement, graphics, and assorted eye candy as any other operating system. These two programs, ibanner and iclock, demonstrate how to do it easily.

A new year, and Linux gets a new major kernel version. It’s time for a new filesystem test!

Two months back, Red Hat developers Lennart Poettering and Kay Sievers proposed a fundamental change to the structure of Linux in the shape of the Journal daemon, meant to replace the venerable syslog.

I believe in Synergy. One positive event feeds other positive events. The share of computer users who use Linux, GNU, and other Free Software is growing because people are actually starting to put some marketing muscle behind the concepts. Canonical is one of these companies. Red Hat is another. Google is also fighting the good fight. It was only a matter of time before we had to see positive results. Ubuntu TV, Android phones and tablets, and the rise in GNU/Linux’s desktop market share in 2011 are 3 such tangible results. Free Software and Open Source have arrived in 2012!

For most developers, Android fragmentation is not a big deal, but a bigger issue could be version fragmentation that forces you to program for the oldest version.

Recently I spoke with William Eshagh and his colleague, Sean Herron, a technology strategist at NASA, about their new open source code site and the roles Linux and open source play at the organization.

This tutorial describes the installation of an OpenVZ host server to manage virtual machines from within the ISPConfig 3 hosting control panel. OpenVZ is a lightweight virtualization technology for Linux servers, similar to jails on *BSD systems. ISPConfig 3 contains a module to manage OpenVZ virtual machines on the local server and on remote servers that run ISPConfig.

Command line is more powerful because you can do lot with them, you can tell your computer exactly what you want and get the appropriate answer, while GUI application can only tell your computer what the GUI programmer has defined. Find in this post 11 commands you may not heard about before.

The control of US military spy drones appears to have shifted from Windows to Linux following an embarrassing malware infection.

Are you bored with your current theme? Here are 5 cool GTK2/3 (some also come with a Shell theme) themes that are optimized to work on any "shell": Unity, GNOME Shell or the GNOME 3 fallback session.

One of the perceived shortcomings of Mozilla's rapid release cycle, with new browsers every 6 weeks - is that enterprises couldn't keep up. So now Mozilla has officially embraced a plan for an Enterprise release version of Firefox dubbed Extended Release Support (ESR). Personally, I don't think it's a great idea. In fact, I think it could hurt Mozilla's mission for improving the web for us all.

Corel’s new AfterShot Pro software runs on Windows, Mac, Linux(!) and offers a $99 package for managing photos including RAW handling, image editing, and quick library management.

This tutorial will show you how to add DOS games, with icons, to Ubuntu so that they may be accessed from the Dash or stored in the launcher.

Intel and Motorola announced a multi-year agreement focused on the development of Atom-powered, Android-based phones and tablets. Meanwhile, Intel showed off an smartphone reference platform and a Lenovo K800 handset that both run Android on the & Medfield& processor -- now unveiled as the Atom Z2460 -- and third-party benchmarks rated the CPU high marks in performance and power consumption....

Ubuntu launches Ubuntu TV for those who tired of watching TV with two or more remotes, bundles of wires and number of electronic devices. Ubuntu TV provides single solution to them, no wires, no more devices and only one remote. It provide smart TV experience and many smart TV application. And it also contain whole Box-Office and you can watch your favorite shows whenever by recording them. And many more . . .

Our topic here is Linux Mint. It is very popular right now, does it really deserve that much popularity?

While Mesa 8.0 has a lot to like about it from advertised OpenGL 3.0 support to performance improvements and new Gallium3D features, there are also several shortcomings of this major Mesa release for open-source graphics drivers...