Mobile PC shipments are expected to hit 762 million by 2017, thanks to demand for tablets and touchscreen-enabled notebooks, according to NPD DisplaySearch. [Read more]
Cinnamon 1.8 Adds Desklet Support
The now available Cinnamon 1.8 no longer relies on the GNOME Control Center and supports “desklets”, which are similar to Android widgets. The developers say that the Nemo file manager now better integrates into the desktop environment.
Sizing Up Open Source: Not So Simple
Choosing open-source software is more complicated than picking traditional software. Is your IT department prepared to contribute code fixes to the community?
The Next Generation Digital Experience is Built on Open Source

Massive disruption is occurring as marketing goes digital. Business is moving steadily towards providing a fully personalized and truly integrated digital experience—building upon recent advances in user experience, analytics, cloud computing and storage, and an omni-channel experience across mobile platforms and social media.
Distribution Release: Kwort Linux 4
David Cortarello has announced the release of Kwort Linux 4, a lightweight CRUX-based distribution (now for 64-bit systems only) with Openbox and a custom package manager called kpkg: “Kwort Linux 4 is finally here. For those who don’t know, Kwort 4 is a full x86_64 system. In….
GOCL: Bringing OpenCL To GNOME Software
GOCL has been introduced, a new GLib/GObject wrapper to OpenCL for GNOME applications. This new wrapper library seeks to make it easier for GNOME software to take advantage of OpenCL…
Full DynTicks Proposed For Linux Kernel Integration
Aside from the KVM pull request, another interesting proposed change for the Linux 3.10 kernel is the “full dynticks” support, also known as CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL. Ingo Molnar is trying to get this brand new feature into the next Linux kernel release…
KVM Virtualization Gets New Features In Linux 3.10
The Linux 3.10 kernel will feature new improvements and features when it comes to KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) virtualization…
Debian 7 “Wheezy” Released
Up front, the new release brings a GNOME 3 front end to the community-driven Linux distribution, but the big changes are behind the scenes with multiple architecture support and cloud-enabling packages.
Iron Penguin: First Open-Source “Iron Man” Suit Within Reach?
Building on the ground-breaking work of billionaire genius Tony Stark, the first Linux-powered Iron Man suits may soon be within the reach of homebrew builders.