School’s not been out but one day and I’m already doing something [mildly] useful with my life. I wrote this effect yesterday that looks like the window is burning from the inside out. Why did I call it “Bonanza”? If you remember, there used to be a western TV show by the same name that had an old-western-style map that also burned from the inside out.

The success of open-source software is now being driven by its rapid commercialization and not simply its appeal to evangelistic developers, a new report has suggested.

SymphonyOne is a distribution designed in a way that's uniquely different from other distributions. Its key focus is ease of use and simplicity. This is perfect for kiosks, new users, or technological neophytes who don't use a computer much, or simply don't like complicated interfaces.

Ubuntu Intrepid includes easy access to some great Linux applications. These unknown, but great apps will help users be more productive, and enjoy their Linux systems more than ever before

Have you ever wondered on what operating system Java works the best? While by no means is it a conclusive multi-platform comparison, for this article we ran a number of Java benchmarks on both Windows Vista Premium and Ubuntu Linux to see how the Java Virtual Machine performance differs.

The Exaile media player has been attracting fans over the past couple of years. I asked the project’s founder, Adam Olsen, about the project and their use of Launchpad.

Lots of people need an email client because they like to have their emails on their computer. So what they need is an email client that is nice looking, easy to use and works great.

We all keep talking about how Linux is more secure than Windows, how it provides the same desktop experience for no cost, how it can be run on very old machines, how Tux bombards XP's green pasture blah blah blah...but if people are to use Linux, they should also get the same “tiny tweaks” that they enjoy in Windows / Mac.