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Vim's syntax highlighting and color schemes can be a blessing, or a curse, depending on how they're configured. ...

All files previously stored in the Linux distribution's /bin/, /sbin/, /lib/ and /lib64/ directories will shortly be moved to equivalent sub-directories in /usr/... ...

Red Hat has established a GlusterFS Advisory Board to promote the technical development of the distributed file system. ...

There's still one week until the work will be officially announced, but the open-source "Lima" open-source graphics driver project has surfaced... ...

Version 0.10 of FFmpeg adds several new encoders and decoders, as well as new filters and tools. ...

The more I use AutoKey, the more I believe it to be an essential piece of software for the Linux desktop. If you happened to miss my last article about it, AutoKey is a system-wide service that allows you to easily set scripts to run when certain key combinations are pressed. ...

With JSR 355, Oracle and the Java Community Process plan to create a central executive committee that will combine the current committees for Java SE/Java EE and Java ME development... ...

Linaro developers are nearly done with their milestone of upstream support for OpenGL ES 2.0 with Compiz, Nux, and Unity. This will allow for the Unity 3D desktop to work on more mobile devices and other cases where only GLES support is available... ...

Timothee Bessett, the id Software developer that was responsible for porting many of id Software's popular games like Doom 3 and Quake 4 to Linux, has resigned from the popular game company... ...

Timothee Bessett, the id Software developer that was responsible for porting many of id Software's popular games like Doom 3 and Quake 4 to Linux, has resigned from the popular game company... ...

ShareTweet Canonical, Red Hat, and Arch Linux have released patches that fix a vulnerability in Linux kernels 2.6.39 and above that enable attackers to gain system root access. The distro patches followed a kernel patch to fix the vulnerability, but proof-of-concept exploit code examples have already been posted. DesktopLinux.com ...

Use of Linux in the mobile/embedded space is exploding, and we find many companies are adopting the open source Yocto project to build custom embedded Linux systems. The project is hosting a free day of training on Yocto on Feb 14th as part of the Embedded Linux Conference ...

ShareTweet First time accepted submitter azrael29a writes “22 EU members signed the controversial ACTA treaty today in Tokyo. However, the signatures of the EU member states and the EU itself will count for nothing unless the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June.” Read more of this story at Slashdot. Slashdot ...

Systemd, Lennart Poettering's new init system that is taking the Linux world by storm, is all full of little tricks and treats. ...

This morning I was reading a site that regularly covers free and open source software. ...

ShareTweet Portability is a huge advantage that Linux enjoys over most other desktop operating systems as most major distros work very well when installed to a flash drive. However, there are still machines in service that just won’t play ball when it comes to USB booting. Fortunately, I found a nice little utility that can ...

This morning, HP gave further details of its contribution of the webOs platform to the open source community. I find these details and the timeline associated with the release to be positive developments, both for Linux and for the wider mobile markets ...

Sure, Linux is great for big organizations like Google, Facebook, and others, but what about small business? Take a look at PrintedArt ...

ShareTweet cweditor writes “One afternoon this month, a hacker toured a dozen corporate conference rooms via equipment that most every company has in those rooms: videoconferencing. Rapid7 says they could ‘easily read a six-digit password from a sticky note over 20 feet away from the camera’ and ‘clearly hear conversations down the hallway from the ...

ShareTweet Hi, I’m trying to implement the automatic creation of a mount point defined by the volume name of an usb drive when inserted and also the removing of it once unplugged. Autmounting works as expected. However, unmounting doesn’t. It looks like the lines linked to action:=remove aren’t executed at all. Any idea to help ...