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Getting Started With Open Source Web Design Tools 27 Aug 2013 | 07:56 am
The open source community has a wealth of available building blocks to make developing and designing your next project a breeze. As a designer, you may not have the time or inclination to become a fro...
OpenMandriva Lx Wallpaper Contest Announced 27 Aug 2013 | 03:57 am
Wallpaper contests are among my favorite things and today the OpenMandriva bunch announced the latest for their upcoming Lx release. The theme is "The Flavor of Freedom," so warm up your GIMP, Inkscap...
The Linux Foundation will Advance the OpenBEL Open Science Platform 26 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
In addition to overhauling its website in a big way, The Linux Foundation has just announced that OpenBEL, an open source platform for sharing scientific data, is now a Linux Foundation collaborative ...
Red Hat Launches IaaS OpenStack Certification Program 26 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
Red Hat has carved out a strong reputation for its profitable Linux-focused strategy and the top-notch support it provides for enterprise customers, but there is no question that the company is bettin...
GNOME 3.10 Will Bring New Map App 24 Aug 2013 | 08:44 am
Woohoo, our old friend Matthias Clasen, GNOME developer extraordinaire, has posted some new screenshots to show the new features coming in GNOME 3.10. He says, "we're already at the beta – I've just r...
Dig In And Get Technical 24 Aug 2013 | 08:17 am
Smartbear.com says employers are chomping at the bit to hire people with Linux and open source skills. If you have been in the industry for a while, you might forget some of the more academic question...
New LibreOffice Update Released 23 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
The Document Foundation yesterday announced the release of LibreOffice 4.0.5, the latest update to the acclaimed 4.0 branch. This is a bug fix update, but it does address 100 bugs and several annoying...
Pivotal Boosts Cloud Foundry PaaS with Help from Pivotal OpenStack 23 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
Piston Cloud, focused on the OpenStack cloud computing platform, has announced that it will donate hardware and developer resources to the Cloud Foundry community, as the Infrastructure-as-a-Service...
Pivotal Boosts Cloud Foundry PaaS with Help from Piston OpenStack 23 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
Piston Cloud, focused on the OpenStack cloud computing platform, has announced that it will donate hardware and developer resources to the Cloud Foundry community, as the Infrastructure-as-a-Service...
Mozilla's Plug-n-Hack Can Integrate Security Tools with Browsers 23 Aug 2013 | 07:44 pm
Mozilla has announced that it working on a protocol that could make security tools and web browsers work much more cohesively. The new proposed standard is called Plug-n-Hack (PnH) and could help thos...