GNU/Linux

• Linux 2.6.26 [Released]
• Exaile — versantile audio player for GNOME
• 10 Awesome Linux T-shirt
• 10 Iconic Linux Logos
• Early Fedora 10 Artwork
  
  

  Since I did a look at Ubuntu’s early concept art and since I am usually very impressed by Fedora’s final art, I decided that it would make sense to take a look at what has appeared on the Fedora Art Team wiki. I have actually been waiting a few days to do this, since, as of just a few days ago, there were not enough submissions that I liked to talk about.

  
  
  
• Xfe Review - Wonderful File Manager
  
  

  In my opinion, Xfe is just awesome. If you never tried it until now, you really should take it for a spin, no matter what desktop environment you are using. Themes will make it fit well in any of them, it's fast, it provides powerful enough features, it has a great clean and intuitive interface, and in my opinion it's the simplest to learn from all the file managers I tried up to date. A great piece by all means, which can surprisingly become the file manager of choice after one single try.

  
  
  
• Tux comes to Felton, California
  
  

  It's one thing to to change someone over from Windows to Linux. That in itself is a gratifying experience. Then, you get your second defection from the chained-down world of Microsoft Windows, then the third...

  
  
  
• Alcatel-Lucent Adds Laptop Disk-Encryption Support
• Linux Thin Client:Considering the Network

Mandriva

• The Simply Simple Mandriva 2008.1 Spring
  
  

  The desktop is polished and clean. The artwork and sounds are improved, with addition of new screensaver, which shows some close-up photos of flowers. Mandriva Linux 2008 now include new sound system, PulseAudio. The taskbar is loaded with many applets. Mandriva Control Center gives total control over the desktop and the system.

  
  
  
• Mandriva Plunge: following the 2009 release
• Mandriva Linux 2009.0 First Impressions

F/OSS

• Orphan Works Bill Deserves Support: RMS
• Which platform: Cathedral or open source?
• Open source health IT solutions
• European Commission Releases Software Quality Checking Program for Open Source
• Not iPhone: Roku Netflix player software goes open source
• A Look at Google's Open Source Protocol Buffer
• Now, SOA governance goes open source

Security

• Homer Simpson and the Kimya Botnet
• 2012 Internet spam spreading malware