"ZFS is often looked upon as an advanced, superior file-system and one of the strong points of the Solaris/OpenSolaris platform while most feel that only recently has Linux been able to catch-up on the file-system front with EXT4 and the still-experimental Btrfs.

Learn how to download and install a Ubuntu image and then go through some basic shell commands to help you navigate through the Linux environment.

"Last week I wrote how to configure PulseAudio on Ubuntu so you could easily stop and start it when you wanted to, instead of being stuck with it being on all the time, or having to remove it just to get it out of your way.

Linux Mint 9 Isadora KDE DVD i386 Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 9 "KDE" edition: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 9 KDE.

July 28, 2010, 09:59 AM - Computerworld - Google on Monday patched five vulnerabilities in Chrome by issuing a new "stable" build of the browser.

NCR announced two compact POS devices that run SUSE Linux for Point of Service, as well as a number of Windows operating systems.

The OS wars in the mobile space appear to be over and there are two left standing, the iPhone and Android, a Linux distro.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are helping the U.S. military analyze and develop the advantages of open-source software -- programs that make their source code open to others so it can be changed and improved.

To judge by the vigorousness of the defense of its brand in recent weeks, it seems reasonably safe to conclude that open source can be evaluated as an institution in certain contexts.

There was a time when Linux was notorious for having what was called "fugly" fonts.

May 4, 2009 ... As an alternative to downloading the files, the HCPM/HAI Synthesis Cost Proxy Model may be obtained from the FCC's duplicating contractor, ... http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/apd/hcpm/ Patent Database Notices and Status The database servers are now capable of processing approximately 300 simultaneous searches.

The latest panic in desktop-Linux-land was that Dell would no longer be selling Ubuntu pre-installed on laptops and netbooks.

What defines an operating system isn't a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members.

Novell has opened an online gallery for SUSE software appliances. It has been a year since Novell launched its SUSE Appliance Program, which offers a set of online tools, dubbed SUSE Studio, for spinning up software appliances based on its SUSE Linux distro.

Some people hate the idea of adding proprietary software to their desktop Linux.

Adrian Bridgwater blogs on open source in the enterprise. The consortium of mobile industry players that make up the LiMo Foundation and the gurus behind the Gnome Linux desktop free-software project have snuggled up a little closer this week to collaborate more closely on open source innovation.

"I had some good time with the Red Hat. Then the KDE side of the world looked more appealing, and I had some off-and-on relationship with Mandrake and Mepis.

"Have you ever wondered what will happen to your Linux/UNIX system if you'll run any of the 7 deadly Linux commands? If you are close to trying any of those forbidden commands, I want you to read and understand this proverb first: ""Curiosity killed the cat" "You may also want to look at this photo: "Anyway, I have here a video of someone running ...

Will the recent EFF ruling break Apple's Monopoly on iOS Application Stores? Jason Perlow Biography Jason Perlow Jason Perlow is a technologist with over two decades of experience with integrating large heterogeneous multi-vendor computing environments in Fortune 500 companies.

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