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The launch of Debian 6.0 Squeeze may mark the end of Debian’s unpredictable release schedule, but it’s still the domain of FOSS purists, says Linux User & Develop columnist, Richard Hillesley…

Tiny Core is a light and modular Linux distribution. Its main purpose is to allow the easy construction of simple but powerful appliance-like desktops. Michael Reed tests the latest release…

Canonical’s new frontier is the potentially lucrative dual boot market. With Ubuntu Light Canonical is offering swift boot times, access to media in Windows partitions and the fastest route to the internet possible on small form factor computers. Russell Barnes investigates to see if it’s ready for prime time…

Dell’s latest netbook cum sub-notebook boasts the latest AMD technology and dual boots with Ubuntu. We’re still in shock, but have pulled ourselves together long enough to bring you a full review…

Has the moment passed already for Google Chrome OS? Linux User columnist Simon Brew examines the evidence…

Can ViewSonic upset the establishment with an affordable tablet inspired by Apple’s iPhone 4? Russell Barnes puts the 7? Android-powered ViewPad 7 through its paces in an effort to find out…

openSUSE community manager, Jos Poortvliet, discusses Canonical’s heavy handed tactics over Banshee referrals, and wonders how an openSUSE Foundation might make an honest living in open source…

Gareth Halfacree shows us how to get started with programming for Arduino and open hardware by create an electronic music box. The first of our three part guide assumes no prior experience in either programming or developing with Arduino…

Mike Milinkovich is the executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. He has been there from the start and has watched as Java has gone from enterprise default, to enterprise headache, to open source saviour. We caught up with him and quizzed him on his past, Eclipse’s future and the business of getting things done in Java…

Pinguy OS 10.10.1 offers an optimised build of Ubuntu with an even greater focus on ease of use and functionality for the home user. Russell Barnes takes it out for a quick spin to see how it performs…

Linux User columnist Simon Brew has a confession to make. He has a Windows 7 installation for two reasons, and two reasons only. But why can't Linux play the same game to save him?

Linux and open source verteran, Richard Hillesley, wonders if the much-used aphorism that ‘information wants to be free’ is still prescient in the light of of current events…

openSUSE community manager, Jos Poortvliet, talks about the latest in openSUSE projects and developments since the successful openSUSE Conference last October…

This has been an interesting year for Ubuntu with two on-schedule releases. Ubuntu community leader, Ubuntu Developer and general a good egg Dave Walker takes a look back at the last 12 months of Ubuntu…

If you’re looking for an original take on small-form-factor open source computing then you’ve come to the right place…

Zimbra is the first enterprise-grade open source alternative for Microsoft Exchange Server. Read on to find out how to set up your own open source collaboration and email server and finally wave goodbye to Microsoft Exchange…

The promise of a hardware companion for the popular open source media centre Boxee has interested us since its original announcement. Let’s see how the final product stacks up against expectations…

The release candidate of Pardus 2011 titled ‘Hasankeyf’ is now available for download. See what’s new since Linux User & Developer reviewed beta 2.

2010 was another exciting year for the Linux kernel and its community. Over the course of four kernel releases and many tens of thousands of mailing list messages, over one thousand individual developers (some working alone, some working for corporations) contributed two new architectures, several new file systems, and drivers for key hardware in the form of the Nouveau Nvidia driver (produced independently of Nvidia) and an open source Broadcom driver for its recent Wi-Fi chips. Of course, many more features were added, too…

openSUSE Community Manager, Jos Poortvliet, recently interviewed Jeff Hawn, the Chairman and CEO of Attachmate Corporation about Attachmate’s intentions towards SUSE and openSUSE after the acquisition from Novell. Though Hawn’s plans should put a few minds at ease, there’s still quite a few unknowns to contend with, including the future of the openSUSE Conference…

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