We loved the Xandros based OS the Asus put on the original Eee PC and Acer's version of Linpus. For 90 per cent of the tasks anyone's likely to perform on a netbook, they're spot on and allow the machines to boot up in under 20 seconds. But what about that other ten per cent of tasks?

Novell plans to bring the wealth of open-source software to everyday users through an "open-source apps store".

When someone want to switch from Windows to Linux, he or she has a tendency to only think about the advantages of Linux and not think about the disadvantages. There is a bit of a "the grass is always greener at the other side of the fence" effect at play here.

A way back I blogged in a self-important and knowing way about Why People Don’t Use GNU/Linux. I'd like to update that now, and thus the appearance of The Four Eyes:

Byzanz is a Linux program that lets you capture your screen but not in a video but in an animated GIF image. This is very useful for tutorial or presentations and you will definitely explain better using an image than in words when describing an action. You can use it to capture a whole your desktop, a window or a region you select.

We've seen plenty of awesome Firefox wallpapers here before, and I know some of you out there loved it. But since everybody's talking about Google Chrome web browser, I decided to collect some cool and interesting Chrome wallpapers which users and fans have created. So without any more delay, here they are:

Another manufactured "benchmark" from Microsoft gets the wrath of rivals

The EPO seems to be almost promoting or marketing patentability of software