Today, we just crossed a new important step for PlayOnLinux's internationalization: We opened up of the Hispanic part of the web site! we would like to welcome all of our Spanish-speaking users, now its possible for our Spanish speaking users to read the PlayOnLinux site in their native language. Also today version 2.0.9 of PlayOnLinux was released

The full release plan and the feature plan for KDE 4.1 have been published, with the official release date July 29th, 2008. In the meantime, the first bugfix release of the new KDE, KDE 4.0.1, was tagged.

Asustek, the company behind the popular Xandros Linux-powered Asus Eee PC 4G ultramobile PC, knows it's got something good going on, and so it's going to push its Linux desktop PCs for all it's worth. In 2008, Asustek will be releasing an entire line of Linux-powered PCs: the E-DT (desktop PC), E-TV and E-Monitor.

Lanmap Listens to all available traffic on the interface of your choice, figures out who’s talking to who, how much, using which protocols. This information is then put into a nice human-readable 2d image (various formats are available) which can be used to understand a network’s topology.

RMS: "Please do not use the term «open source» to describe what Emacs is in. Emacs is part of the GNU Project, which is part of the free software movement. To call us «open source» is like calling Kucinich a Republican.

See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html for more explanation."

How many Linux users are there in the world? 5,000? 5,000,000? 50,000,000? No one is really sure. Linux users aren't forced to register their operating system with any corporation; Linux users are free to install and use Linux without anyone ever being the wiser. And what about all of the people who don't even realize they're using Linux? Is Linux running your PDA? Smart Phone? GPS? TiVO? Tablet? Router? Wrist watch? Car? Is Linux lurking inside all of your electronic gadgets? Probably not, but it's turning up more and more these days.

"Like an echo from the futuristic sci-fi film Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott) morphed with The Matrix (1999, Andy & Larry Wachowski), the not-too-distant hereafter promises to be a stratified cybersociety; those with the preferential attributes will gain access to the many coveted self-contained metropolises, available only to those with digital savvy and informational instinct. Long gone will be the days of slaving at the job to pay for the credit card that is paying off the Lexus and the mortgage on the 6-bedroom Tudor-style custom house in Palos Verdes. If you are not on the go, you are left behind.