In the past week I’ve Ubuntu 10.04, Mint 9, and Arch + GNOME, but Arch + XFCE seems to beat all of those.

Google announced today via the Chromium Blog that it plans to release new stable versions of Chrome every six weeks. Though the team has managed to ship five major revisions in less than two years, the new accelerated pace means we could see Chrome 9.0 by the end of this year.

If you are looking to do some Linux / open-source gaming this weekend but are looking for something new besides the recent release of VDrift, the Sauerbraten developers are out with their first update in 14 months.

Times are still tough out there, but our needs and desires don't always flag just because the economy does. So we asked ourselves: What's the lowest point at which these two goals could intersect? We knew we wanted to aim low, almost ridiculously low—so we decided on what seemed like almost an unthinkable total: $200.

What do I use to test out webm? Since I already have quite a few avi videos I decided to convert some of them. I was amazed at the quality of webm conversions but realized that medium quality avi files aren't the best source material. How about DVD quality video? How about Sita Sings the Blues?

After putting so much effort into an application it would be shame to see it not being used just because it was only available in English. Most people pay more attention and give more respect to a product which is available in their own language.If you want a global audience for your software, it is very important that you localise your application for your users. Here's how...

Banshee 1.7.3 is released without much fanfare, but with a lot of improvements. The new Banshee adds Amazon MP3 Store support and also does Miro Podcast directory integration which allows users to discover, stream, and subscribe to podcasts in a way never before possible in Banshee.

Often when a term gets thrown around enough to become a “buzzword”, it starts losing its meaning because people grow numb to it. Once that happens, you get pushback from people, even people to whom the buzzword applies.