Building On-Ramps on the Fedora 12 Highway
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published November 17, 2009
Fedora is building a community of contributors, as opposed to a community of consumers.

Fedora 12 Touts Virtualization Tools
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published November 16, 2009
Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Linux 12 release will expand the scope of Fedora's virtualization capabilities.

GPL Worries Shuts Down Windows 7 Tool
By Stuart J. Johnston | Open Source Article Published November 11, 2009
The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool is no longer available on the Microsoft Store site due to concerns over possible GPL violations.

Why FOSS Matters to Me (But Maybe Not to You)
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published November 10, 2009
A longtime advocate of free and open source software ponders why others don't share his passion.

Novell, Microsoft Partnership Proves Profitable
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published November 10, 2009
After partnering in 2006, Novell and Microsoft now have more than 400 joint customers and are expanding their efforts around improving Windows to Linux interoperability.

Apache Celebrates Ten Years: Meritocracy Rules
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published November 5, 2009
The leading open source application celebrates a big anniversary -- and also celebrates the core value that helped it get this far.

KDE Plasma Netbook GUI: Admitting Limitations
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published November 3, 2009
KDE's Plasma Netbook interface reflects its developers' struggles, but the main KDE desktop could learn from it.

How Much Would You Pay for Free Software?
By Charlie Schluting | Open Source Article Published October 29, 2009
Buying support contracts and add-ons for open source software offers benefits that -- in some cases -- clearly justifies the cost.

Dual-Booting Linux And Windows: Easier Said than Done
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published October 28, 2009
Despite claims by advanced users, confusion abounds when trying to run two OSes. Here are some possible solutions.

Complete and Utter (Linux Desktop) Apps
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published October 27, 2009
Free and open source software (FOSS) developers often attempt to write software that is the ultimate in its category.

Shuttleworth: Ubuntu Expanding its Scope
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published October 27, 2009
Having boosted desktop Linux, Ubuntu is now poised to push deeper into other markets.

49 Hot New Open Source Applications
By Cynthia Harvey | Open Source Article Published October 26, 2009
Open source apps released (or made open source) over the last couple of years: mobile devices, multimedia, enterprise, and much more.

Ubuntu to Launch Cloud App Store
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published October 16, 2009
The initiative is part of the company's Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) effort.

Who Needs Windows 7 When You've Got KDE?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published October 19, 2009
Yes, you can point to a genuine Windows advantage here and there. But you can also find examples where KDE had features first, or has superior ones.

Novell Set to Launch openSUSE 11.2
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published October 19, 2009
The first release candidate for openSUSE 11.2 includes social networking support and the GNOME 2.28 desktop.

Consider Linux for Secure Online Banking
By Michael Horowitz | Open Source Article Published October 14, 2009
The open source operating system offers a number of advantages in terms of data protection.

KDE Social Desktop Contest: Freeing the Web
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published October 13, 2009
The winners of a recent contest point the way toward the future of the open source desktop.

Shuttleworth at LinuxCon: Will Ubuntu Lead Free Software?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published October 7, 2009
Mark Shuttleworth, with all his influence, is pushing Linux in a different direction that many might prefer.

Red Hat Claims Lion's Share of Paid Linux
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published October 7, 2009
The open source software vendor has come a long way.

Ubuntu Karmic Koala Beta Launches
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published October 5, 2009
Ubuntu's "Karmic Koala" launches in beta, including Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Beta, Server and Netbook editions,and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

Putting Linux on Parental Control
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published October 1, 2009
A number of Linux-based solutions enable users to set the "naughtyness" limit.

How Will Users React to GNOME 3.0?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published September 29, 2009
With KDE for comparison, GNOME now faces a serious challenge.

Google Closes Dev Site, Open Sourcers Upset
By Michelle Megna | Open Source Article Published September 29, 2009
Google slapped the developer with a cease-and-desist order because it claimed he was modifying and distributing its applications.

50 Open Source Apps for Small Biz/Home Office
By Cynthia Harvey | Open Source Article Published September 28, 2009
Whether you're an open source fan or you've hardly heard of it, you'll find at least a few open source apps on this list that can help your small office improve its bottom line.

Shuttleworth: Linux Desktop in "Most Exciting" Year
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published September 25, 2009
Ubuntu leader Mark Shuttleworth rallied the troops in a major speech at the LinuxCon conference.

Linux Code Quality: Getting Better or Worse?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published September 24, 2009
A recent report suggest that there's evidence for both viewpoints.

GNOME and KDE: In Search of the Perfect Menu
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published September 21, 2009
GNOME and KDE both offer beginners a classic menu, yet the two desktops take different paths from there.

Torvalds: Linux is "Huge and Bloated"
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published September 22, 2009
The famed creator of the Linux OS decries its current shape, saying "it's a bit sad."

Ubuntu in 2010: 'Lucid Lynx'
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published September 21, 2009
"Lynx is also well known as a global brand of deodorant so this years' Ubuntu developer summit is going to be the sweetest smelling Ubuntu developer summit ever," Shuttleworth said. "Despite the fact that's it's happening in Dallas."

The State Of Linux Desktop Functionality
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published September 16, 2009
Could this year actually be – finally – the year of the Linux desktop?

Can Microsoft Ever Be Accepted by the Linux Community?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published September 15, 2009
Microsoft has made a number of conciliatory gestures toward open source. Are they enough?

Likewise 5.3: Handling Linux and Mac on Windows
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published September 14, 2009
Released under the GPLv2 license, Likewise Open provides a new open source solution for access and authentication across Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Sexism: Open Source Software's Dirty Little Secret
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published September 9, 2009
Women's participation in open source development is far lower than it is in proprietary software development. It’s time for change.

Microsoft to Support Open Source Foundation
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published September 11, 2009
Novell's Miguel de Icaza will be part of Microsoft's open source foundation's Board of Directors.

ZaReason's Linux Netbook Strategy
By Carla Schroder | Open Source Article Published September 10, 2009
Linux PC maker ZaReason -- with its Terra A20 -- targets a tough but growing market.

The GNU/Linux Desktop and Borrowed Assumptions about Usability
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published September 3, 2009
Linux desktop software is changing as it improves, but it may be leaving its more valued traditions behind.

Sony PCs to Ship with Google Browser
By Reuters | Open Source Article Published September 1, 2009
The agreement with Sony is the first major win for Google's Chrome browser since the search giant introduced the open source browser last year.

KDE's Expanded Desktop vs. Online Apps
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published August 25, 2009
Online applications are nothing more than the latest incarnation of proprietary software.

FreeBSD to Upgrade Routing Architecture
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published August 24, 2009
FreeBSD 8.0 will get an overhauled routing architecture that takes advantage of parallel processing capabilities.

Linux OS Improving Faster
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published August 20, 2009
More code is added by a larger group of developers, pushing an exponential improvement curve in the Linux kernel.

Mozilla: MSFT Must Compromise More
By Stuart J. Johnston | Open Source Article Published August 19, 2009
The open source organization says that Microsoft must make a great effort to level the playing field in the browser competition.

OpenOffice.org and the 'Ribbons' Interface Brouhaha
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published August 18, 2009
An OpenOffice feature apparently inspired by Microsoft Office has generated a hostile chorus of no votes.

Open Source Likes Green IT
By Tina Gasperson | Open Source Article Published August 18, 2009
Less packaging and fewer lawyers are among the green advantages of open source software.

Working (Really) Remotely with Linux
By Juliet Kemp | Open Source Article Published August 17, 2009
A far-flung traveler keeps tabs on her life and career using a handy, highly mobile Linux set up.

Most Popular Open Source Languages
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published August 14, 2009
JavaScript and PHP remain strong, and the redoubtable C also continues to flex its muscle.

The KDE 4 Series: Pro and Con
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published August 12, 2009
KDE 4.3 has room for improvements, yet is far from being the step backward that some detractors claim.

Microsoft vs. Linux: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em?
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published August 10, 2009
Microsoft has made a number of overtures to the open source community lately. What’s up?

Will Geolocation Find a Home on Linux Desktops?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published August 4, 2009
The capability to detect and record your location is already starting to arrive in GNOME and KDE. But these early implementations are just a hint of what geolocation will soon provide.

Is Linux Getting Bloated?
By Paul Rubens | Open Source Article Published July 30, 2009
Are Linux OSes suffering from unnecessary feature creep -- and getting a little fat in the process?

GNOME, KDE, and Xfce: Which Desktop is Right for You?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published July 28, 2009
Regardless of which of the most popular Linux desktops you settle on -- GNOME, KDE, and Xfce -- the choice is too personal to trust to endorsements.

How to Speed up Your Linux PC
By Akkana Peck | Open Source Article Published July 28, 2009
Eliminate the resource hogs and your machine will zip along that much faster.

55 Open Source Apps Transforming Education
By Cynthia Harvey | Open Source Article Published July 27, 2009
Low cost and flexible, open source applications are getting high grades in educational settings.

Avoiding Linux Bug Exploits: One Example
By Andy Patrizio | Open Source Article Published July 27, 2009
Due to some opportune code analysis, a Linux security problem was averted.

Embedded Linux Leader: Wind River
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published July 24, 2009
Wind River is the top earner in embedded Linux as measured by total revenue, according to a recent research report.

Google Touts Open Source Growth
By David Needle | Open Source Article Published July 24, 2009
Nobody searches the Web like Google, and the company is using its knowledge to promote an open source agenda.

MSFT, Red Hat Disagree over Patents
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published July 23, 2009
Not surprisingly, these leading software firms take a very different view of IP.

Google Chrome OS: Desktop Linux's Last Chance
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | Open Source Article Published July 22, 2009
If Google’s Chrome OS succeeds, it changes the entire Linux community in one swoop and risks marginalizing other distros. But if it fails, it’ll be a strong indication Linux just doesn’t have what it takes to make it big.

GNOME Developer Talks About GNOME Do
By Paul Ferrill | Open Source Article Published July 21, 2009
GNOME developer David Siegel launched GNOME Do as a senior thesis.

Historic First: MSFT Contributes to Linux Kernel
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published July 21, 2009
The code, contributed under the GPL, aids interoperability in virtualization.

Desktop Linux or Windows 7?
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published July 21, 2009
Issues like pre-installed availability and vendor promotion continue to challenge the Linux desktop.

Richard Stallman, Leadership, and Sexism
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published July 20, 2009
What happened at a recent desktop conference points out unresolved issues in the free software community about leadership and sexism -- issues that many prefer to remain silent about rather than confront.

Firefox Security, Boot Time Upgraded
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published July 18, 2009
A zero-day flaw and start up time are both addressed in the newest Firefox 3.5 upgrade.

Who the Frag Has Time For Open Source?
By Sara Chipps | Open Source Article Published July 14, 2009
This developer is highly interested in open source -- but there are only 24 hours in a day. Plus: She explores a way to contribute after all.

How to Contribute to Open Source (When You're Not Exactly Scott Hanselman)
By Sara Chipps | Open Source Article Published July 15, 2009
You may be short on time, and not yet a guru open source master developer, yet there's still a way to contribute to an open source project.

Google Chrome OS and the Open Source Desktop
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published July 13, 2009
Given the sharing between the major free desktops like KDE and GNOME, any promising ideas in Chrome OS will also be borrowed by the major desktops.

The Linux Netbook Winning Strategy?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published July 13, 2009
Google's Chrome OS could alter the dynamics of the Linux netbook market.

Linux Distros and Google Chrome: Friend or Foe?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published July 9, 2009
Linux advocates hail the coming of a well-funded Linux desktop, yet not all community members are overjoyed about Google Chrome OS.

Open Source Landmark: Mono Freed at Last?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published July 8, 2009
A Microsoft announcement suggests that Mono-based applications can now be added to Linux distributions without copyright concerns. Seriously?

101 Open Source Apps for Enterprises
By Cynthia Harvey | Open Source Article Published July 7, 2009
Open source is a growing presence in enterprise software, from business intelligence to CRM to business suites.

Will Linux Companies Profit in the Cloud?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published July 6, 2009
There's a silver lining in the migration to the cloud, or so hope Linux vendors like Red Hat and Canonical.

Let's Settle the Mono Debate
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published July 3, 2009
The controversial software implementation Mono provokes uncivil debate in the open source community. Here are two possible solutions.

Free/Open Source's Key Programming Languages
By Akkana Peck | Open Source Article Published July 2, 2009
Take a look at the most frequently used development languages for free software.

Download Firefox 3.5: Three Times Faster?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 30, 2009
Firefox's new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine boosts the open source browser's performance up to triple the speed of earlier Firefox browsers.

Building a Linux App Store: Can You Help?
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published June 30, 2009
A Linux app store faces major challenges. Is there way such a distribution method could succeed?

KDE's Kontact vs. GNOME's Evolution: Best Personal Info Manager?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published June 29, 2009
An expert Linux user compares two open source personal contact managers and decides on his personal favorite.

Firefox Won't Use Google Chrome's Improvements
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 29, 2009
Firefox and Google have two very different world views on the browser experience.

The Proprietary Software/Linux Conundrum
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published June 23, 2009
Can proprietary software/driver modules find a home in an open source platform that was designed to be the complete opposite?

Using Open Source to Protect Email
By Paul Rubens | Open Source Article Published June 26, 2009
Open source applications like Thunderbird and GnuPG are useful -- and free -- ways to secure your email.

PHP Update (a Big One) Due Soon
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 26, 2009
The open source programming language is expected to see a major step forward.

Kick Start Your Asus Notebook: 64-bit Kubuntu
By Rob Reilly | Open Source Article Published June 25, 2009
Vroom, vroom! Your humble Asus laptop can move faster with an open source OS, juiced to perfection.

Red Hat Challenges Oracle on Java Openness
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 25, 2009
Oracle, having snapped up Sun, will be a major player in the Java world. Red Hat has an opinion it wants to share.

Leaving Ubuntu for PCLinuxOS
By Carla Schroder | Open Source Article Published June 24, 2009
A Linux expert finds the 'Buntus aren't dependable enough for a busy life, so she's taking her distro business elsewhere.

Free Download: 100 Open Source Apps for Windows
By Cynthia Harvey | Open Source Article Published June 23, 2009
Games, office productivity, blogging, money management, and more: While many Windows users don't want to switch to an open source OS, a few free apps won’t hurt. Many apps also work on Mac and (of course) Linux.

Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much?
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published June 21, 2009
With KDE and GNOME innovating furiously, the open source desktop is still driven by developers working on what interests them – to the confusion of many users.

IBM Exec Selected to Head Patent Office
By Christopher Saunders | Open Source Article Published June 21, 2009
The news is considered a positive for the IT industry.

Red Hat's Virtualization Steps Forward
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 18, 2009
The open source vendor announced that it's now entering the beta phase of deployment.

Interview with Pirate Party Leader: "These are Crucial Freedoms"
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published June 16, 2009
A political party that advocates for the free and open source software community has become the third largest Swedish party.

Firefox Fixed Prior to Next Release
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 12, 2009
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC 1) has been released along with fixes for nine security flaws.

New Linux Kernel Offers List of Improvements
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 11, 2009
The new Linux 2.6.30 kernel release sports new filesystem support, security and driver improvements.

Gnome's NetworkManager: Pain Free Networking?
By Charlie Schluting | Open Source Article Published June 10, 2009
Gnome's NetworkManager has much to recommend yet it can't claim perfect.

Fedora 11 Touts Faster Speed
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published June 9, 2009
The newest Red Hat community Linux distro also features virtualization tools.

The Agony of FOSS Branding
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published June 9, 2009
The Free and open source software community disdains marketing, which is a great help to competing OSes.

Asus Eee and the 'It's Better with Windows' Campaign
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published June 2, 2009
Once a Linux Netbook pioneer, Asus now promotes the joys of Windows – but its campaign is decidedly strange.

For Novell, Linux Still A Money Loser
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published May 29, 2009
Company stands by investment, plans break-even for its Linux business within 12 to 18 months.

Netbook Wars: Linux, Android, Windows 7
By Matt Hartley | Open Source Article Published May 28, 2009
The perceived "failure of Linux on netbooks" has nothing to do with desktop Linux. It's a matter how desktop Linux and Android are presented to the end user.

Striking the Right Gnote
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published May 27, 2009
Because the open source Gnote is coded in Mono, some see it as controversial. It this much ado about nothing?

Four Linux Apps Worth Downloading
By Carla Schroder | Open Source Article Published May 26, 2009
Linux downloads for audio, document creation, video security and Web site building.

Linux Aids Infiniband
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published May 26, 2009
The network communications technology Infiniband works with various OSes, yet interfaces particularly well with Linux.

'Linux on Desktop' Report Suggests Opportunity, Challenges
By Alex Goldman | Open Source Article Published May 22, 2009
Sponsored by IBM, the 'Linux on the Desktop' study details methods and strategies for migration to open source.