PCLinuxOS 2013.12 MATE

ROSA 2012 R2

Oracle Linux 6.5

Tiny Core 5.1

MakuluLinux Xfce 4.3

Peppermint OS Four-20131113

Linux Terminal: Poor Man’s Spotify

Almanah 0.11 Enhances the Security of Your Diary

Post-Trade Processing Software supports Linux OS.

Quantum3D Launches New Markets for Simulation System Developers, and Debuts Linux-based Generation of Mantis Software

Conky – Highly Configurable Desktop Monitor

10 basic examples of Linux ps command

How to install Minecraft for Ubuntu Linux

Vim tips and tricks for developers

How to Install and Configure UFW – An Un-complicated FireWall in Debian/Ubuntu

25+ examples of Linux find command – search files from command line

Use Explain Shell to understand Linux commands

Ubuntu: 2044-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Deepin Terminal features split screens, search and ssh connections

How to install and configure Nagios on Linux

How to integrate Google Calendar in Linux desktop

How to stitch photos together on Linux

Convert and Manage Your eBook Library with Calibre 1.14

Force restart your Android phone

CentOS 6.5 desktop installation guide with screenshots

CentOS 6.5 Released – Installation Guide with Screenshots

Free eBook: Securing and optimizing Linux

Broken Sword 5 Part 1 is Out Now

Frozen Endzone beta trailer before PC, Mac and Linux release

Rage Under Wine, How It Performs

SuperTuxKart 0.8.1 Free Racing Game Has Been Released

SuperTuxKart 0.8.1 has been officially released. It includes many new features and contribution from many new developers, making 0.8.1 the minor release with most bugfixes.

First Steam Machine Priced At $499; Xbox One Is In Trouble

Previously, we wrote about the Steam Machines beating the pants off the PS4 and Xbox One in the specs and pricing department, but it was all theoretical. Now we have actual confirmation from OEM provider iBuyPower, who has announced that their first Steam Machine will be available for only $499.

Rymdkapsel coming to Linux, Mac and PC in enhanced form next year

Rymdkapsel headed to PC, Mac, Linux

Natural Selection 2 FPS/RTS Updated With Lots Of Fixes

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Nearing Beta For Linux

FOSDEM 2014 Gaming Track Still Seeking Presenters

While Linux gaming is quickly gaining ground, it seems not many are interested this year in speaking about open-source game development.

Nils Kneuper sent out a notice today that the game development room for FOSDEM 2014 is still seeking speakers. The “Call for Proposals” has been out for more than the past month, but to date they’ve only received two proposals for the two-day event taking place the first weekend of February in Brussels.

SteamOS: Steaming ahead? – The Open Source Column

Reported Steam Linux Use Still Right Around 1.0%

With the start of a new month comes some new numbers out of Valve as part of their Steam hardware/software survey.

Steam’s November Hardware Survey – Linux Still Mostly Holding Itself Up

Entertainment Fosters Innovation

The Linux experience, the breakthrough creativity of the gaming industry.

Linux Deepin 2013 screen shot tour

Linux Deepin is one of those unique Linux distributions for the desktop whose developers crafted a special desktop environment for it. Called the Depth Desktop Environment (DE), Linux Deepin’s DE is built atop GNOME 3 technologies, but with an interface that’s customized to provide what the developers consider a more user-friendly interface for desktop computing.

Centrych 12.04.3

Mint 16 Cinnamon

Mint 16 MATE

CentOS 6.5

SolydX 201311

Manjaro 0.8.8 Openbox

Deepin 2013

Who Needs Winamp When You Can Play Music from the Terminal

ExplainShell Breaks Down Long, Confusing Linux Commands

Ever come across a tutorial online that tells you to run a long terminal command, but want to know what each part of it actually means? ExplainShell does exactly that: paste in the command, and it’ll tell you what each portion of the code does.

Explain Shell breaks down Linux command line arguments for you

Facedetect: Free face detection software

Marco Fioretti shows you how to download and get started with facedetect, free face detection and recognition software.

Small Image Tools that Pack a Real Punch

Percepio Introduces Tracealyzer for VxWorks and Linux

Quantum3D Opens New Markets for Simulation System Developers, and Unveils Linux-based Generation of Mantis Software with Advanced Capabilities

MindLink Software announces MindLink for Mac and Linux

How to install and configure Conky on Linux

How to debug live PhoneGap apps

Create Scalable Graphics With Open-Source, Cross-Platform Tool Inkscape

Ninja Blocks Open Source Cloud Enabled Computers Offer Easy Home Automation (video)

How to set up a secure Apache webserver on Ubuntu

CentOS 6 Google App Engine Python Development with Eclipse

LibreOffice Writer power tools: Conditional text

Monitor per process network bandwidth on linux with nethogs

Basic Linux Interview Questions and Answers – Part II

Setup a jailed shell with jailkit on ubuntu

How To Rip DVDs On Linux OS

HOWTO: Watch Netflix on Bodhi Linux

Master version control with Git – tutorial

How to install Minecraft for Ubuntu Linux

How to install and configure Conky on Linux

HOWTO: Test E18, EFL 1.8.0, and Terminology 0.4.0 on Bodhi Linux

Installing Debian testing On GPT HDDs (> 2TB) From A Grml Live Linux

Installing net-snmp MIBs on Ubuntu and Debian

How to configure keyboard layouts in MATE (video)

Install & Configure KVM Virtualization On CentOS 6.X / RHEL 6.X

Install MATE 1.6 in Ubuntu 13.10

KVM Virsh Command Examples on CentOS / RHEL

Got a NAKED Jelly Bean Samsung S4 or HTC One? Maybe it’s time for a KitKat

Google has begun to roll out version 4.4 of its Android KitKat software to Google Play editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One.

These special editions of the phone use the same hardware as other versions, but do away with the extra proprietary tweaks added by manufacturers. Kitkat has also been made available for the Nexus 4, 7 and 10.

Russian bots invade America, absorb Android brains

Russian robot developer R.bot will soon launch a pair of low-cost telepresence robots in North America. The Synergy Mime and larger Synergy Swan use an attached BYOD Android smartphone or tablet for display, camera, microphone, and wireless communications and control functions, and are being offered for a limited time to Android developers for $250 and $500, respectively.

Android head talks Project Svelte and how Android 4.4 KitKat is the leanest Android version yet

Android Users: F-Droid App Repository is an Open Source Alternative to Play Store

In other words, F-Droid is like an app store for open-source. More importantly, there is not just one “store”. Anyone can deploy their own repositories of apps, or Repos, much like the way the Debian repo model works.

We’ve now begun creating our own hosted F-Droid compliant repo where we can easily provide the latest greatest versions of all our apps. As we update the apps, F-Droid should notify you and allow you to update quickly and without hassle.

HTC, Samsung release open source files for Google Play edition phones; KitKat OTAs should follow soon

HTC One Google Play Edition gets Android 4.4 KitKat OTA; download it right now

Dual boot Android and Ubuntu Touch on Nexus devices

Eric Schmidt tells iOS users how to switch to Android

“Many of my iPhone friends are converting to Android,” he wrote. That sounds fine and dandy, but we might ask, how many of those iPhone owning friends have ever bothered to read a post on Google+?

Android: the dog caught the car. Now what?

Android is approaching Windows-like domination of the smartphone industry…

Intel demos 64-bit version of Android on Atom processor

Heads up Apple, here comes 64-bit Android on Intel

Intel wakes up and smells the post-PC era

At its investor meeting yesterday, Intel exhibited its readiness to face the new realities of the “post-PC era.” Led by CEO Brian Krzanich, top executives outlined strategic efforts to speed its mobile Atom system-on-chips toward 14 and 10nm geometries, 64-bits, and integrated basebands, and to look beyond Windows on the client end, with increased focus on iOS and Linux-based OSes like Android and Chrome OS.

Report: Nintendo Developing Educational Android Tablet

Rugged handheld runs Android, scans barcodes

Intermec unveiled a rugged, Android-ready handheld computer designed for field service applications. The CN51 is equipped with a 1.5GHz, dual-core TI OMAP4 SoC, a 4-inch, 800 x 480 resistive touchscreen, IP64-rated sealing, 12-hour plus battery, and options including 1D and 2D barcode scanners, keypads, GLONASS-ready GPS, cellular, and a 5-megapixel camera.

Samsung defies critics, ships 800,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches in two months

The company recently updated its watch to improve notification support — a major issue for many reviewers — and says it plans to expand sales promotions for the holiday season in order to boost sales further. Samsung is also looking to expand the number of (Samsung) devices that can interface with the Gear; at launch, the smartwatch was limited to just one smartphone, the Galaxy Note III, but is now also compatible with the company’s bestselling Galaxy S 4.

Qualcomm’s Toq smartwatch coming December 2nd for $349.99

Qualcomm’s upcoming Toq smartwatch will be available from December 2nd. The company, better known for its processors that power most smartphones, will sell Toq directly from its own website, and no retail partners have been announced. The watch will interface with Android smartphones via Bluetooth and an app that will be made available from Google Play.

Sony Smart Watch 2

There’s been several iterations of the smart watch idea. The Verge smartwatch roundup covers the state of play; The Independent has an interesting article on why a Google smartwatch makes sense, and the Samsung Galaxy Gear advert demonstrates nicely the desire for these “James Bond” gadget watches over the years.

How To Track Your Health With Android

If we put our trust into the rapid progress of science, there will soon come a day when you won’t have to go to the doctor for a health checkup. You’ll have all the resources and devices that will actively monitor your health and keep giving you information. If, at all, something goes wrong, it will automatically inform your doctor that something is wrong. Thus, you won’t have to worry about your health as much as you have to right now.

Top 20 mobile skills in demand

The top 20 search terms are as follows:

Android
iOS
Java

Qualcomm adds new chip for 4K video to Snapdragon line

The mobile processor giant also unveiled its fourth-generation 4G LTE processor with “significant” improvements in performance and power consumption.

Google gives Glasshole devs a peek at new native software kit

Google has unveiled what it’s calling a “sneak peek” at its Glass Developer Kit (GDK), a new way to write software for the Chocolate Factory’s privacy-stomping future-specs.

The Nexus 5’s “exclusive” launcher suspiciously receives support for other devices

HUD-enabled ski goggles run Android

Recon Instruments announced an Android-based $399 heads-up display (HUD) designed to fit inside ski goggles. The Snow2 is equipped with a 1GHz, dual-core processor, a 428 x 240 mini-display, plus WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and sensors, and it syncs to Android and iOS devices.

Will a shot of Android be enough to save BlackBerry?

Believe it or not, it wasn’t that long ago that Nokia and BlackBerry were the top two smartphone companies. Indeed, in 2006, in a preemptive move against the NTP patent troll, the Department of Justice asked that BlackBerry’s services be kept going even if NTP won their case. Seven years later most of us are just wondering how long the company can stay alive.

What Android 4.4 KitKat will bring to your current smartphone

Motorola releases Android 4.4 KitKat update for Verizon Moto X

Motorola announced today that the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Verizon version of the Moto X would begin its rollout. This deploy comes a mere three weeks since KitKat was officially launched with the Nexus 5, an impressive turnaround to say the least (it’s also beats Google to releasing the update for Google Play Experience smartphones and some Nexus devices). Motorola says the update includes many of the KitKat enhancements, such as the interface refresh and smart dialer.

KitKat swats yet another Android ‘MasterKey’ bug

Source code snippets open door for raw photos on Android

It’s not built into Android yet, but Google has been overhauling the OS’s camera interface to be more photography-friendly.

KitKat: Two steps forward, one step back for Android

Consumer Reports evaluated Google’s Nexus 5 phone this week, and said it was “marred by Android 4.4 quirks.” While we ourselves found some aspects of the new Android version, also known as KitKat, to be improvements, we agree with CR that some trumped-up features don’t work as well as many initially thought, and some so-called improvements actually make the interface more annoying.

Linuxium bootloader helps you boot Linux, Android on RK3188 mini PCs

Behold the animation magic of an Android interpolator

One of the aspects I enjoy most about developing software in the mobile space is getting to work extensively with animations. Animations help engage the user, unify the overall experience, and are just plain fun. Over the past few iterations, the animation framework inside the Android SDK has really grown; this includes the number of interpolators.

Ubuntu Touch – a preliminary review

Ubuntu 14.04 Adds Global Menu “Off” Switch

Ubuntu = Freedom!

Ubuntu desktop and mobile icons redesigned, united at last

Ubuntu desktop and mobile icons get unified look

New Unified Ubuntu Mobile And Desktop Icons Unveiled (video)

Canonical has this week unveiled to the world its new unified Ubuntu mobile and desktop icons which have been designed to bring the two operating system closer together.

We Interview Michael Hall, Ubuntu App Development Liason Benjamin

Ubuntu Lab Tests OpenStack Interoperability

OIL will test all new OpenStack hypervisors and software-defined networking (SDN) stacks, as well conventional OpenStack technologies, to make sure Ubuntu OpenStack offers a wide array of validated and supported technology options. Canonical leads development of Ubuntu.

The Burning Bridges of Ubuntu

Canonical launches Ubuntu Resources website

Canonical Wants Ubuntu Touch Apps On The Desktop

Discussed this morning during the virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit was figuring out the steps needed for bringing Ubuntu Touch mobile applications to the Ubuntu Linux desktop.

Canonical Working On Mesa Code Again For Mir

Eight Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Were Fixed for Ubuntu 13.04

Ubuntu Still Working On Stripping Python 2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Get Stunning Icon Theme and It’s Not Flat – Screenshot Gallery

Ubuntu Touch Has Many Plans For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Best Alternative Themes for Ubuntu Unity

Search and Read Books from Calibre’s Library in Ubuntu 13.10 with Unity Calibre Scope

Calibre is the best software to manage your ebooks and to convert them from one format into another, but it lacked any real integration with the operating system. This can now be changed with the Unity Calibre Scope, in Ubuntu 13.10.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Planning A Linux 3.13 Franken Kernel

Canonical’s Leann Ogasawara started off the kernel session by basically saying 3.13 is what more or less will happen, but then other developers chimed in that made Linux 3.14 a greater possibility. Given that Linux 3.14 is not likely to arrive until March or April, it’s stable release is too close to the April debut of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to put much trust in its quality and fear of regressions. As a result, Linux 3.13 is the safe bet.

Ubuntu 14.04 Looks Toward Qt 5.2, Qt Mir In 14.10

Ubuntu 13.10 shipped with Qt 5.0 instead of Qt 5.1, since while it was available for months prior there were some “unfixed regressions” in the newer tool-kit release. With Qt 5.2 being right around the corner, Canonical is looking to switch to the newer open-source tool-kit release if there isn’t as much fallout.

Upstart Still Has A Bright Future On Ubuntu Linux

While most Linux distributions have switched from using sysvinit or Upstart to systemd as their init daemon, Upstart continues to be happily used within the Ubuntu camp. For the Ubuntu 14.04 development cycle there are more Upstart improvements planned.

New ‘experimental’ emulator makes Ubuntu mobile OS development easier

Ubuntu Still Talking About A Stable App API/ABI

Ubuntu Aims To TRIM SSDs By Default

During the first day of the latest virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit, Canonical developers plotted out the enabling of TRIM/DISCARD support by default for solid-state drives on Ubuntu.

Stability first: Ubuntu’s Mir won’t replace X in 14.04 desktop

Mir, Canonical’s replacement for the X window system, will not make it into the next version of the Ubuntu desktop.

Canonical Confirms Mir Will Be Default in Ubuntu 14.10

Canonical has announced, through the voice of Oliver Ries, that Mir and Unity8 will be default in Ubuntu 14.10.

First look: MK802 IV LE mini PC with Ubuntu (video)

When the MK802 Android mini PC hit the streets in 2012, one of the most interesting things about it was the fact that you could install Linux on it and turn it into a cheap, tiny desktop computer. Since then, dozens of small ARM-powered devices designed to run Android apps on your TV have hit the streets, and hackers have figured out how to run Ubuntu and other Linux-based software on many of them.

Ubuntu To Try Switching From DMRAID To MDADM

Besides wanting to enable SSD TRIM support for Ubuntu Linux, developers are also looking at moving from DMRAID to MDADM for fake/software RAID configurations on the desktop operating system.

Mir Now Supports Four Android GPUs/Drivers

The milestone that Kevin DuBois is cheering about is that Canonical’s display server for the Ubuntu desktop and Ubuntu Touch is working with the big four Android GPU vendors. Mir-enabled Ubuntu images now work for the Nexus 10 with an ARM Mali T-604 GPU, the Nexus 4 with a Qualcomm Adreno 320, the Nexus 7 with a NVIDIA Tegra 3, and the Galaxy Nexus with PowerVR graphics.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Won’t Be Powered By Mir

A virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit is taking place this week. The event was kicked off again by Jono Bacon and Mark Shuttleworth. During the event a few interesting tidbits of information were learned about Ubuntu Touch and Mir.

Ubuntu for TV Is Not Dead, Canonical Still Working on It

Brightness Settings Completely Broken in Ubuntu 13.10

The brightness settings for Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) have been broken since launch, and it seems that this problem has yet to be solved.

Genode OS 13.11 Brings Many Fantastic Features

The Genode OS Framework 13.11 release happened this Thanksgiving Day and with it comes a whole lot of exciting — some experimental — features.

Libvpx 1.3.0 “Forest” Supports VP9. New Enhancements

A Phoronix reader pointed out this morning that a new VPX library release went under our radar earlier this month. What’s special about the libvpx 1.3.0 release is that it supports Google’s VP9 codec in a backwards compatible way.

A Tale of Two Browsers: Chrome v. Chromium

The People Who Support Linux: A Desktop Lover and Photo Editor

Over the years, Lance Spaulding has worked with a medical company, a non-profit foundation, a credit card company, a start-up, a small e-commerce business, and now a large defense contractor. But at least one thing hasn’t changed in that time: he’s a devoted Linux desktop user and tinkerer.

How to configure an IP address on Raspberry Pi

SilverStripe Installation Guide

Upgrade Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10 when dual booting Windows 8

How to monitor Linux servers with SNMP and Cacti

Gentoo: 201311-20 Okular: Arbitrary code execution

How to Repack Deb Files on Debian and Ubuntu

Install Silex on Debian Wheezy