Everybody's definition of bloat will probably be somewhat different, depending on the hardware they have and how far they are willing to go and make sacrifices on the performance scale to get their desired useful, functional, friendly desktop.

We've all heard the the cliche that more eyes lead to more secure code when it comes to open source -- but is it true?

The KDE Project has announced the availability of packages for Microsoft Windows, bringing the KDE 4.4 applications to Windows. New in this release, the packages have been broken out from the main KDE modules so it should be easier for users to simply install a single package if they choose.

It's may be a twee name but MeeGo could be the next big thing. It sounds like something a child would say, or the name of a baby's toy, but MeeGo has much bigger aspirations in mind.

The Python developers have published the first release candidate for Python 2.6.5, addressing nineteen issues in the Python core and over fifty library issues

Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.

dkopp is a Linux utility program for copying disk files to recordable DVD media. With dkopp, you can copy your files to DVD for safekeeping or archival storage, and verify that the copy is good (no read errors). dkopp is a free program licensed under the GNU General Public License.