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Watch and explore outer space with Stellarium, Celestia, and Xplanet

Author: David A. Harding Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth spent about $20 million to go into space, and he never got farther away from Earth than...

One-third of Asus Eee PC users to run Linux

That's right. You didn't need to do paste-up classified ads for your high school newspaper to figure out that the news here is that...

Building a highly functional desktop with lightweight software

Author: Razvan T. Coloja When my girlfriend visits me, she has to work on a mini PC while I use my laptop to finish whatever...

Encrypt volumes through a cross-platform GUI with TrueCrypt 5.0

Author: Luigi Paiella Last month the TrueCrypt Foundation released TrueCrypt 5.0, which finally introduces a Linux GUI for the cross-platform encryption application. TrueCrypt 5.0's numerous...

Puppeee: Puppy for your Eee PC

By Dmitri PopovPuppy Linux (and, by extension, Puppeee) was written from scratch with two goals in mind: speed and ease of use. Puppy Linux...

VoIP app WengoPhone forced to find new sponsor

Author: Nathan Willis In the closing days of 2007, open source voice-over-IP (VoIP) project WengoPhone found itself without a sponsor. The project's creator and underwriter,...

First Look: KNOPPIX 5.3.0

Knoppix 5.3, after pausing for a year, was presented at CeBIT, in Hannover, Germany. Our colleagues were there, and got the DVD live-edition that's...

Multifunction copiers in a Linux network

Author: Keith Winston In many organizations, copiers get little respect. Often relegated to a break room or storage closet, they are underutilized and underappreciated, and...

Linux-compatible AMCs add storage

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms announced a Linux-compatible AdvancedMC (AMC) module that combines a Gigabit storage controller with a SCSI hard drive. The Telum 210...

Play Windows games on Linux with PlayOnLinux

By Mayank SharmaAt the core of PlayOnLinux is Wine, a compatibility layer that lets you run many Windows programs over Linux. But Wine isn't...