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TDF Certification is an opportunity for sponsors, TDF members and third parties, to build a business around LibreOffice, to help companies of any kind and size to get the most out of LibreOffice.

I think the world is a much more balanced place now with iOS and Android so, perhaps we can consider that one fixed.

Ubuntu founder Mark shuttleworth has again taken a jab at Red Hat, the world's most successful open source company. He says, "We felt blocked by Red Hat on specific parts they control."

When Linus Torvalds sneezes the Linux world gets a cold. The father of Linux has praised Google Chrombooks for being more useful than Gnome 3 She

In its signature style Microsoft has settled the patent dispute with Barnes & Noble. The company was losing the legal fight against Barnes & Noble and a court decision certainly was going to trash Microsoft's strategy of ripping Android players over bogus patents.

In an exclusive interview with Muktware Bryan Che, Senior Director (Product Management and Marketing for the Cloud Business Unit), Red Hat, explains what OpenShift is all about. We also talked about Red Hat's cloud strategy.

The hyped KDE Plasma tablet Vivaldi has been upgraded to 1GB RAM from the previously planned 512MB. Those who have pre-ordered the tablet will be getting the upgraded model with a whooping 1GB RAM for the same price.

Ubuntu Gnome Shell Remix is Jan's attempt at offering Gnome 3 Shell experience with Ubuntu. He has done a great job here. Now, the question I have for you is do we need UGSR to evolve into a full blown GnomeOS or Gubuntu? Will you use it? If you are a developer will you help maintain an enhance the project? What should be the name of the Gnome Shell based Ubuntu?

openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3 is now available for download and testing. It was expected to be released last week but there were some delays due to the move to a i686 desktop kernel for 32-bit systems.

This story is special, as it was created in an open source manner. The story was written in collaborative fashion by 2-3 dozen people working on it simultaneously. The story is a shining example of the collaborative power of Google Docs. We would like to thank all those who contributed to this story.

LibreOffice OnLine will however be a real competitor to Microsoft Office 365, the web version of Microsoft Office. We will have more features than Microsoft Office 365 and we will not be sending informations to whatever special agency, even when the solution is hosted inside the user's organization, which is unfortunately the case with Office 365.

ownCloud yesterday announced their commercial offering and clients GNU/Linux based distributions, mainly Fedora and openSUSE. ownCloud is better option than proprietary Dropbox for those who have their own servers, as you and only you have access to your data.

ownCloud has launched commercial offerings based on Version 3 of the community edition, bringing business-class flexibility and security to the file sync and share market.

After a temporary hitch with trademark issues, KDE Active Plasma tablet has hit another road-block. There will be delays in the orders.

In our previous post here, we informed you about the community wallpapers that were being finalized. However that set of community wallpapers did not include the default purplish wallpaper of the Ubuntu. With a new bug report, the default purplish wallpaper has been modified and is waiting for upload into Precise. Expect all the new set of community wallpapers including this one to land in Precise in another week or two.

KDE developer Mek is working on getting Calligra work on Android. The app is based on QWidget and is working fine on a N900.

Complaints aside, Gnome 3.4 is a great improvement. The evolution shows that developers are looking for new ideas and new design. Yes, there are some rough edges, but all this work is not being done by some mega corporation with billions of revenues to be made from it. The great work that we see is done by a community of developers. They don't get a dime from their users. Users don't even know names of these unsung heroes. So kudos to those hard working developers who are making this world a better place by developing free software.

Microsoft was using this patent against Motorola and B&N. Motorola found a post by Linus Torvalds which predated the Microsoft patent by three years. Microsoft lawyers were not happy with this and argued with Linus over the confirmation of the date to an extent that the creator of Linux told them to stop that stupid argument. "At some point, I basically said: ‘OK stop this stupid argument, can we go on to something else?" says Linus.

We are running an online poll to find if there is a need for a Gnome 3 Shell based derivative of Ubuntu, just like Kubuntu or Xubuntu. Please cast your vote below. The poll ends on 2 April March, so get as many friends as you can to vote.

The rise of Linux Mint, which uses Gnome 3 Shell with amazing customization is an indicator, a proof of the massive success of Gnome 3 Shell. Linux Mint is doing a great job but it is more about Cinnamon with goal to offer users with a familiar UI of Gnome 2. Where is the Ubuntu derivative to offer the pure Gnome 3 Shell experience?