Mandriva Linux 2009 claims to provide the most advanced and easy-to-use Linux operating system available and ships the "modern and cutting-edge" KDE 4.1 desktop environment and Linux kernel 2.6.27.

Open source is an incredible deal for customers big and small. There is immense value to be derived from controlling your own code, and for getting programs free of charge.

Imagine you are the minister of education of an impoverished country, with a limited budget to improve your schooling system.

Microsoft's very latest step in attempts to swap LAMP for WAMP

We loaded and ran the 2009 (10th Anniversary) edition of Mandriva Linux One, which we reviewed earlier this week.

For some reason, mouse gestures have never fully caught on with desktop users. Movements of the mouse that launch a command or simulate a combination of keys are ideal for those who prefer not to move their hands constantly between the mouse and the keyboard, or who have trouble typing because of some physical challenge.

Microsoft is never shy about mimicking something that seems to work, and has decided to feature their own "ordinary Joe" developer, Larry Osterman, to provide some ground-level perspective into the Windows 6 - I mean 7 - development process

Linux will be a passenger in every seat on Qantas’ Airbus A380s aeroplanes. All of the airline’s superjumbos – the first of which will commence flying next week – will have their in flight entertainment systems powered by the operating system.