Perhaps one of the most popular media players for Linux currently is Amarok, a KDE-based music player. While Amarok is certainly good, for GNOME users who prefer something that looks more native, Banshee is a great alternative.

"The Green Penguin" is a new blog devoted to ‘green’ IT related to Linux (though at times loosely). This week´s topic is about Google and General Electric´s recently announced plan to promote a ‘smart’ electric power grid and thus encourage greater use of renewable energy.

Something new will emerge from this recession but open source enters it on a fairly mature level. The legal framework and values of it are established. There are serious open source players.

Following the recent releases of two popular Linux distributions, Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, we are looking at a couple of additional pieces of software you might want to install onto a fresh installation of either.

With Linux hyped as a very secure and stable operating system as compared to Windows, you might be wondering why would anyone need security tools for Linux.

As I walked through the war zone that is Wall Street yesterday on my way to a Red Hat meeting, I assumed the worst.

Rootkits are programs placed on your server so once it is cracked the attacker can return and use your server anyway they choose. This turtorial will show you how to check for rootkits with rootkit Hunter.

Q: Can my company's accounts department, which uses the Windows platform, migrate to Linux?
A: Your company's accounts department can migrate to the Linux platform, however let us take a look at findings of our survey of a typical accounting SMB, and then see the solutions offered by Linux.