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• Kernel guru Greg Kroah-Hartman joins Linux Foundation

  By Joab Jackson | 02 February, 2012 02:54

  One of the principle maintainers of the Linux kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman, has joined the Linux Foundation as a fellow, the same position held by Linux creator Linus Torvalds, the foundation announced.

• Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics

  By Joab Jackson | 27 January, 2012 09:21

  Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution.

• Ubuntu to feature command line shortcuts

  By Joab Jackson | 25 January, 2012 04:13

  Canonical will outfit the next release of its Ubuntu Linux OS with a new type of interface that will allows desktop users to execute functions for any program through a command line interface, or by voice command.

• Canonical demonstrates Ubuntu TV

  By Joab Jackson | 10 January, 2012 04:58

  Anticipating a growing market for smart television sets, Canonical will be demonstrating a version of its popular Ubuntu Linux OS that can be used for running TVs.

• Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, Ubuntu: Which Linux desktop is for you?

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 07 January, 2012 03:14

  There are more interesting Linux desktop distributions to choose from than ever before. However, if you're looking for major distros with a great deal of support, you'll want to look at the big four: Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, and Ubuntu.

• Quest extends Unix Sudo tool

  By Joab Jackson | 16 December, 2011 00:08

  Reflecting the growing need for automation tools in the enterprise, Quest Software has released a software package that could help Unix administrators better manage policy files that determine which users can access privileged material and programs on Unix and Linux systems.

• Is Android Open? Not So Much, Study Finds

  By Katherine Noyes | 14 December, 2011 11:00

  Google's Android mobile platform may be based on the open source Linux operating system, but the extent of its own openness has long been a topic of considerable debate.

• What's next with hypervisors?

  By John Dix | 13 December, 2011 22:28

  The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools and the latter are often pressed into service in different ways, say nothing of the fact that the whole market is evolving quickly.

• 20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try

  By Katherine Noyes | 10 February, 2012 07:01

  As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user interface.

• Linux: A getting-started guide

  By Ian Paul | 01 February, 2012 01:54

  Are you fed up with Microsoft Windows and ready to give Linux a try? Here's how to get started. This guide for Linux discusses who the Linux OS is right for, what you need to get started, and how to turn your Windows PC into a dual-boot computer so you can have the best of both worlds - Linux and Windows.

• Motorola Atrix 4G mightiest smartphone yet?

  By Rosemary Hattersley | 20 February, 2011 02:59

  The Motorola Xoom was the most advanced tablet that we got to try out at Mobile World Congress. Other tablets, including the HTC Flyer, certainly look promising, but the Xoom is the launch device for the Google Android Honeycomb OS - the version of Android developed specifically for tablets - and the devices on show at MWC were fully working ones used for live demonstrations.

• For an old or slow PC, try Puppy Linux 5.2

  By Katherine Noyes | 12 January, 2011 08:58

  There's no doubt Canonical's popular Ubuntu Linux distribution gets the majority of attention in the Linux world these days, but there are myriad others equally worthy of consideration.

• Motorola Atrix hints at a virtualized, cloud future

  By Keir Thomas | 08 January, 2011 08:07

  Motorola announced the Atrix smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show, and while many have been concentrating on its 4G connectivity and clever desktop dock that lets it run a cut-down Linux desktop on a full-sized monitor, nearly everybody has missed something very important.

• 5 things Linux does better than Mac OS X

  By Katherine Noyes | 01 October, 2010 09:15

  Were it not for Windows' long-standing installed base and overwhelming market dominance, it seems unlikely that anyone would argue seriously for the merit of the operating system, plagued as it is by high prices, security problems and vendor lock-in.

• Galaxy Tab will soar on Android's key strengths

  By Katherine Noyes | 18 September, 2010 23:58

  As the details of Samsung's Galaxy Tab are gradually revealed, it's becoming increasingly clear that many of the tablet's most desirable features derive from its use of Android--or Linux, that is--which, after all, is the basis for Google's winning mobile operating system.

• Chrome patches show the power of open source--and Google

  By Katherine Noyes | 25 August, 2010 04:47

  Google's patching of vulnerabilities in its open source Chrome Web browser last week wasn't so much notable in itself; Microsoft, to be sure, is forever issuing patches for the many bugs that afflict its products.