I tried out Linux and found that it was a lot of fun, if totally different from anything I'd ever imagined. After about a month on Mandrake I got sick of feeling contrained by it and installed Slink and quickly updated to the brand new Potato.

"Hi Schemers, I am pleased to announce that the SCSS project has released version 0.3.2, our eighth development release. SCSS is a Scheme module for parsing, querying, and emitting style information compatible with the W3C Cascading Stylesheets recommendation. While SCSS does not itself provide any rendering functionality, it can provide style information to applications and

During the Ubuntu Developer Summit (May 25-29, Barcelona), Canonical's Netbook team is set to show Google Android applications running on Ubuntu, according to sources that will attend the conference. Here's why Canonical is so intrigued by Google's mobile operating system.

Let's introduce a subject that I've rarely seen discussed on planets or forums: Canonical paid-for support. At Oxford Archaeology we have been paying customers for almost a year, and I think it is a good time to look back and see if it was worth it.

Unlike proprietary platforms, Ubuntu allows end users to interact directly with developers through Launchpad’s bug-reporting system.  In some cases, this approach allows bugs to be discovered and resolved quickly.  In most situations, however, open bug tracking is a fiasco that Ubuntu would be better off without.  Here’s why.

The biggest problem most people have with making The Big Move from Windows to Linux, indeed the problem I had, is the One Critical App. But my open source ideology and stubbornness got the better of me, and despite my sobriety I got some WINE.

Dell is readying a netbook for the K-12 educational market with a rubberized case and an optional touchscreen. Incorporating an Intel Atom N270 with 1GB RAM, the Latitude 2100 offers a 10.1-inch display, WiFi, gigabit Ethernet, up to 250GB storage, and Ubuntu Linux, says Dell.