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Seeing Linux clearly: Demystifying KDE and GNOME

Ok, you have to give some kudos to Windows: everyone knows what a window is. In the Linux world, KDE and GNOME aren’t quite...

Intel and Wind River driving Linux infotainment systems to cars

Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Linux is in our computers, our phones, our Wi-Fi equipment, and our TiVos -- why not our cars? Intel Corp. and...

Tiny boards gain Linux cross-tools support

Gumstix says its tiny ARM-Linux SBCs now support the OpenEmbedded (OE) build environment. In addition to pre-built Linux images, the company now offers a...

Keeping your SSH connections alive with autossh

Author: Ben Martin With autossh, you can monitor your SSH connections and restart them if they stop sending traffic or SSH exits abnormally. This makes...

Adobe releases Adobe Flash Player 10 beta for Linux

Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Adobe Systems is reaching out for Linux desktop users with its announcement today that the first beta of Adobe Flash Player...

Dreamy Dreamlinux

Author: Preston St. Pierre Dreamlinux is a Debian-based distribution that offers you a choice of GNOME or Xfce window managers as well as an extremely...

New COM design claims extra robustness

MEN Micro has introduced a new COM (computer-on-module) standard, along with two Linux-compatible modules based on it. With resistance to extreme vibration and temperatures,...

Terminator runs multiple GNOME terminals in the same window

Author: Bruce Byfield In a sense, the desktop is the best thing that ever happened to the command line. Because a virtual terminal runs in...

Laura Thomson on coding, the workplace, and FOSS

Author: Bruce Byfield Ever since Laura Thomson wrote her first program in the fourth grade, coding has been a major part of her life. Over...

Nexuiz shoots to the top of gaming list

Author: Joe Barr After I reviewed Alien Arena last year, some readers criticized my choice of that first-person shooter (FPS) as the best free software...