There are quite a few possibilities to take the Linux distribution Ubuntu for a test drive. It can be run from Live CDs, run in a virtual machine or installed on a free partition on the computer system even from within Windows (using Wubi). Portable Ubuntu adds another possibility to these choices by offering to run Ubuntu directly in Windows without installation or configuration at all.

Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC is an extension built on the core of ASP.NET that brings some of the popular practices and ease of development that were popularized by Ruby on Rails and Django to the .NET developers.

Although the Ubuntu desktop has won wide popularity, Ubuntu's fairly sophisticated server OS has yet to establish significant inroads in U.S. data centers.

Sascha is active in many areas of openSUSE (Marketing, Feature Screening and using Build service for his projects), but he is particularly active in openSUSE Weekly News.

I have been through the phase when I tried to inspire people about using original software and operating system so that we do not use pirated software. However, Ubuntu has clearly given a way ahead while advocating for Linux.

This week, Jeff and I finally brought Ubuntu to the Gumstix Overo.

The next Firefox has been assigned version number 3.6 but it is very unlikely it will remain the final release number, specially considering the many features improvements listed in the first Namoroka feature plan drafts.

MIDs (mobile Internet devices) may be the channel for Linux to reach mainstream consumers in Asia, according to an analyst.