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The versioning of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, and the rebranded Iceweasel browser in Debian, going from 3.6.x to 4.x and now 5.x and 6.x has Linux users (and Debian users in particular) constantly messing with their sources to make sure they’ve got the version of Iceweasel they want. As I explain below, the Debian Mozilla team APT archive has got you covered. But first a little more informational whining.

With the current economic conditions, companies have been trying to do more with less by recycling old hardware and utilizing open source software. That's also true where I work. Between our call center, finance, distribution, warehouse, and sales departments over 50% of the company's employees are running on RHEL4 LTSP thin clients. Recently it was decided to update our LTSP environment from RHEL4 to Ubuntu 10.04 with LTSPv5. Using the following steps, I was able to set up and integrate an Ubuntu 10.04 LTSPv5 server into a Windows 2008 Active Directory domain.

Except for some really casual games for Linux and the best of paid games for Linux collection, games for Linux and Ubuntu is a category we haven't yet really covered here at all. That is going to change from now on. Here is a quick list of 10 real time strategy(RTS) games for Linux(mostly open-source) in no particular order.

Starting with tomorrow's Alpha 2, the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system will feature the highly anticipated Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0 as default mail client.

4PSA has announced today the availability of the 4PSA Developers Zone, a new collaboration website that contains important resources for software developers who want to add cloud and Unified Communications capabilities to their software products.

If Linux is to achieve a promiment place on the desktop, we believe there needs to be commercial titles ported to this platform as a matter of routine. For example, many desktop users like to play games. There are thousands of free games available for Linux. Yet there is also a place for commercial games. However, one of the disappointments faced by Linux gaming enthusiasts is the promise of commercial titles from video game publishers that are never released or are continually being delayed. For example, we were particularly looking forward to the port of Unreal Tournament 3 to Linux. Yet this will never see the light of day.

Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc's Android operating system as the software giant has a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform, local media reported on Wednesday.

So you think you’re a Linux expert do you? You scored big-time on my two recent Linux quizzes: Are you a Linux guru? and Return of the Linux Quiz and you think you’re ready for the big time. Well, does The Linux Foundation have a quiz for you!

Conventional wisdom suggests that cloud vendors are more vulnerable to hackers like Anonymous than a private data center, but as we have seen, these hackers can strike anyone seemingly at will.

Following last week's completion of the Radeon driver power management tests against the AMD Catalyst driver, now it is time to turn the tables on NVIDIA. In this article are some power consumption and thermal tests when comparing the latest open-source "Nouveau" driver code against NVIDIA's closed-source proprietary driver.

How do you make sure that your passwords are safe? You can make them longer, complicate them by adding odd characters, making sure to use different passwords for each user account that you have. Or, you can simply skip them all together.

The splits and controversies around LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org have highlighted a number of issues concerning the licensing and corporate governance of open source projects and communities

In a follow-up to the Bloomberg story, Lifehacker suggested opening suspect hardware in a virtual machine. There are better, simpler options.

The safest approach is to use Linux, as so little malware targets it.

Windows users are best served with a copy of Linux on a USB flash drive. Just yesterday I ran Mint version 10 off a USB flash drive to delete files in the Windows recycle bin, files that Windows itself would not display, but were there nonetheless.

Netflix has launched a certification program for its Netflix HD application, awarding its first seal of approval to Texas Instruments' OMAP 4 processor and WiLink 7.0 chipset running on Android 2.3. TI's dual-core OMAP 4 won the certification thanks to its ability to play 1080p video at 30fps and its on-chip support for DRM (digital rights management)....

With the great popularity of C, you would think that a wide variety of solutions would have flourished

Developers of action game Garshasp : The Monster Slayer are working on a Linux port. The game is inspired by Prince of Persia series and is based on Ogre3D engine. Garshasp is based on ancient Persian mythology bringing to life the epic battles of the mythological hero, Garshasp. You play as Garshasp himself, the strongest man in Persian Mythology, in the ancient lands against the evil monsters and in a journey to revenge and reclaim the legendary mace of your ancestors which is stolen by the Deevs. The main mechanics of the game revolve around melee combat, hack 'n' slash gameplay, platforming and exploration. The game is developed by Dead Mage and Fanafzar Game Studios and is in development since 2006. Windows version has already been released but soon we will see it on Linux as well.

While 2011 may not necessarily be the year of the Linux desktop, it could very well be the year of the Linux-powered tablet. This past week, HP rolled out its Touchpad tablet, which is powered by webOS. As is the case with Google's Android, webOS leverages Linux at its core.

The Uzebox is an 8-bit, "retro minimalist" games console with a design that's entirely licensed under version 3.0 of the GNU GPL.

MSFT vs Android image Microsoft has announced that it has signed a patent agreement with Taiwan's Wistron Corporation that will cover the company's tablets, mobile phones, e-readers and other devices running Android or the Chrome platform. Wistron will pay royalties to Microsoft under the agreement.

Eccentric indie game developer Robert Pelloni (& Bob's Game& ) announced he is developing a gaming handheld prototype based on Linux that will sell for $10-20 by year's end. The 400MHz ARM-based & nD& device will offer a 2.4-inch, 320 x 240 display, and Wi-Fi, and will be supported soon with a Linux SDK, claims Pelloni, although many are skeptical the device will see the light of day.