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PyCon 2011 has broken all existing PyCon records for content submitted by the Python community. For PyCon 2011, over 250 submissions to present talks and tutorials poured in - far more than in any previous year.

TextRoom is a full screen rich text editor for Linux that provides a distraction and clutter free interface for writing. There are no toolbars, icons or buttons and all the options can be easily accessed using keyboard shortcuts. Though the application is aimed at writers, it is useful for anyone who wants distraction free writing. It also has some cool features like keystroke sounds and an option to play background music while you work (ogg format only) with MusicRoom.

The following tutorial will teach every Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS user how to install the development version of the upcoming Mozilla Firefox 4 web browser.

I remember writing about the novelty of the Debian Live Project’s inclusion of PowerPC among the architectures for which it was producing Squeeze alpha images. If you look at the Debian Live releases page and click through the links. You’ll see that live images for the PowerPC architecture were made for 6.0 Alpha 1 and Alpha 2. But the betas, the release candidates and the final release are i386 and amd64 only.

With a little over two weeks left before the first-of-the-year Linux expo, the ninth annual Southern California Linux Expo is shaping up to set the tone for an outstanding Linux year in 2011.

CodeWeavers Inc has released a major new version of its Wine based CrossOver tool, which is designed to make it possible to run Windows applications and games on both Mac and Linux platforms.

Openfiler is a Linux based NAS/SAN application which can deliver storage over nfs/smb/iscsi and http://ftp. It has a web interface over that you can control these services. The cluster we build will consist of two nodes replicating each other and taking over services and storage in case of emergency. Furthermore we have an Offsite Replication Server, which ideally stands in a physically different position and replicates the configurations/storage from which ever node is active. In case of emergency this Offsite Replication Server can be used to restore the cluster and to deliver the services.

To oldtime Linux server admins it seems quaint that in this new millennium, the year 2011 in the 21st century, there are still a considerable number of IT managers and staffers who think the world begins and ends with Microsoft Windows, with all the lardy, vulnerable application stack that goes with it, and the horrible customer-hostile pricing and End-User Licensing Agreements (EULA). The best thing I can say about a Windows IT infrastructure is you're paying top dollar for something that sort of works OK. Though it is without peer at fueling the World Wide Botnet.

Adobe Labs announced yesterday, February 8th, the final and stable version of the highly anticipated Flash Player 10.2 plugin, for Linux, Windows and Macintosh systems. The new release brings Stage Video and full hardware accelerated video pipeline for amazing video playback.

The Phoenix Linux Users Group February East Side Meeting topic is GNU/Linux Accessibility for the Blind.

Beautiful Conky configurations have always been an integral part of all kinds of Linux desktop eyecandy. With that in mind, we had featured here before an awesome collection of 13 Conky configs from around the web. Now, its time for a few more. Here are 6 more eyecandy conky configs for your Linux desktop that just works.

When a group of German coders at OpenOffice (belonging to database major, Oracle) finally forked away on Sept28th 2010 there was much for everybody to talk about while Oracle OpenOffice maintained dignified silence. The tussle between a David and Goliath has always been fascinating to watch and the breaking away and regeneration of the minnow LibreOffice against the giant OpenOffice has all the makings of a great epic! Both LibreOffice and OpenOffice released their 3.3 versions in the last week of January 2011 and thus began the bout between LibreOffice Vs OpenOffice

Mike Milinkovich is the executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. He has been there from the start and has watched as Java has gone from enterprise default, to enterprise headache, to open source saviour. We caught up with him and quizzed him on his past, Eclipse’s future and the business of getting things done in Java…

It appears Nokia could be on the verge of dropping Symbian and MeeGo in favor of a new OS, and that could spell trouble for IT departments who are supporting these mobile operating systems.

Less is more. More performance, that is. Learn how to use less of your hard drive (even though you paid for all of it) to get an I/O boost.

Have you ever wondered why Linux systems seem to get hacked so much less than Windows? Here is an excellent example: Imagine for a moment someone at a Windows conference going on for an hour, with source code and subsystem examples, all the ways he could imagine hacking into Windows via the USB system.

At the ShmooCon hacker conference, security expert Jon Larimer from IBM's X-Force team demonstrated that Linux is far from immune from attacks via USB storage devices: during his presentation, the expert obtained access to a locked Linux system using a specially crafted USB flash drive, taking advantage of a mechanism that allows many desktop distributions to automatically recognise and mount newly connected USB storage devices and display the contents of the device, in this case, in the Nautilus file explorer. The desktop will do this even if the screensaver is already active.

In a just released "report card" on the use of open source technology at the federal level, the Defense Department received the highest rating -- 82 percent -- from Open Source for America. "The Department is looking to adopt transparent policies and procedures in line with President Obama's Open Government Directive," said Daniel Risacher, associate director of enterprise services and integration at DoD.

Two well-known members of the free and open source software community have kicked off an initiative to promote women's participation in FOSS technology and culture. Linux kernel developer Valerie Aurora and open source advocate and developer Mary Gardiner are behind the non-profit The Ada Initiative, named for Countess Ada Lovelace, who is acknowledged as both the world's first programmer and open source programmer.

There is only a month to go before the first KDE and Qt conference in India opens. The event will be headlined by three keynotes speakers talking on the effects of technology on culture, the law and what makes our community tick. Talks and workshops have been announced and registration is open for anyone planning to attend. Read on for details. read more