If you need a quick web server running and you don't want to mess with setting up apache or something similar, then Python can help. Python comes with a simple builtin HTTP server. With the help of this little HTTP server you can turn any directory in your system into your web server directory. The only thing you need to have installed is Python.

Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, has made it clear that he is not prepared to spin off Sun's MySQL business in an attempt to placate the European Commission investigation of competition issues with Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun.

The potential impact on the ability of users, developers and IT departments to consume cloud services via a common set of tools is, according to Brian Stevens, Red Hat's CTO, "epic."

The Lubuntu project (Ubuntu based on LXDE) just published it's first ISO. LXDE is a very lightweight and minimal desktop environment using the openbox window manager, the PcManFM file manager, and a very select list of default applications.

The father of the open-source OS calls his baby "scary" and "bloated," Sony gets down with the indie (distribution) kids, and we learn how the Netflix Prize was won in today's odds-and-ends roundup.

Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) specialist and Red Hat developer Dan Walsh has souped up the security mechanisms in Fedora and SELinux by adding a desktop sandbox which he's calling "sandbox -X".

Wallpaper clocks are inherently wallpapers itself which can show live time and date with nice integration. You won't get an idea what it really is until you see it for yourself. Let's see how could you install wallpaper clocks in Ubuntu. I have included some screenshots as well. Check it out.

I've spent the last few weeks testing Ubuntu One, Canonical's file-storing and sharing service.  Below is an outline of my experience, and thoughts on the future of the application.