Yesterday was data privacy day, according to Lifehacker, and they posted a number of tips for protecting your privacy.There is one more thing you can do to protect your privacy, though: use open-source software. Open-source, while not inherently more secure, has little chance of containing any backdoors or anything you wouldn't want in your software, since all the code is open.

Kuki Linux (pronouced “cookie”) is a new Linux distribution, optimized for the Acer Aspire One netbooks.

It’s surely been a long time coming, but KDE 4.2 (code named “The Answer”) is finally here, and I was absolutely floored by the number of improvements it contains. Of course, I found some minor issues, but no desktop is perfect, right?

Ever feel like you're Rodney Dangerfield? You live someplace and Linux shows you no respect, time-zone-wise that is. What I mean is that you live somewhere that's not one of the time-zones that comes predefined with Linux. If that sounds like you, then read on and get Linux to show you a little respect.

Is the Linux desktop ready for mainstream users? The developers behind the latest KDE Linux desktop release would probably say yes, that it lives up to the promise of the first KDE 4.0 release a year ago. KDE 4.2 is the second major point release for the KDE 4.x desktop. Its codename, "The Answer," also telegraphs its goals.

Slackware and some Linux distributions based on Slackware don't include GDM and don't have a graphical tool to set language and locale on the fly. However, if you're willing to edit one or two configuration files and install a few packages you can make Slackware speak your language, working in whatever language you are most comfortable with.

Lets face it, when it comes to marketing, microsoft is the best. They are the only company that I know of which has successfully marketed a product that would not pass the lowest quality controls of any other products standards.

the Canonical Store’s description says, “This new and improved USB Flash drive not only comes with Ubuntu 8.10 pre-loaded, but can also hold a whopping 4GB of data that can be transferred to virtually any USB equipped machine. Who could say no?”. And indeed, he couldn’t say no, and bought one. Let’s have three cheers for that decision! :)