I’m prejudiced. I admit it in the first sentence. Ubuntu was the origin of my Linux history, and I’m still partial to it.
So I approach Fluxbuntu with a mix of hope and over-familiarity, and that might shine through because I really, really like it.

Microsoft's update mismanagement throws its user-base into chaos once again. What a great time to make the shift to Free Software.

"...Free software is software that respects its user’s freedom. With free software the user is free to use the program as they wish. They are free to study how the program works, and to distribute copies of the software. They are free to improve the software and to re-distribute copies of the improved version, to support their community..."

One fascinating session (and one that shows how FOSSCamp works and why it's so productive) was given by Mirco Müller, who discussed using OpenGL in GTK applications.

The European Union's antitrust agency is becoming more influential just as its U.S. counterparts have grown more cautious and inactive, experts say.

Have you ever glanced over at someone else using Ubuntu 7.10 and said to yourself “woah, they’ve got all the COOL stuff!” No? Er… neither have I. But, if you would like to get some cool stuff, here’s how you can enable extra repositories, like the non-free and Multiverse areas.

"I have been getting several e-mails in this month wanting to know my suggestions and tips on what the best way is to backup your Firefox install..."

In the sleepy village of Santa Clara, there lived a very wealthy but very frightened giant named Intel. Intel was plagued by a fearsome band of evil trolls -- patent trolls, to be exact -- who wanted a glittering pot of gold in exchange for doing absolutely nothing. And they were very powerful because they said they owned the patent on some of the magic Intel used to become rich."