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The Plasma Media Center, built on KDE, offers a “rich experience” in its first release as a competitor to many other open source HTPC offerings

Plex comes to Raspberry Pi, threatening to usurp XBMCs throne by adding a server functionality to a Pi HTPC

Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel community, including the closing of the development ‘merge window’ for the 3.8 kernel

Genealogy is a fun hobby for many people around the globe. While there are lots of programs for Windows, Linux options have been lacking. Gramps helps fill this gap

The latest version of openSUSE, the enterprise desktop distro, is now available. OpenSUSE 12.3 offers polish and stability over 12.2

We’ll take you through the steps you need to compile your own customised kernel for performance, specialised use and simply to learn how the plumbing works

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are the writer’s own and don’t necessarily reflect those of Linux User & Developer magazine or Imagine Publishing Ltd. As the developer of an independent Linux file and desktop manager, one gains a multifaceted perspective on everything from GUI issues and the general user experience, continuing through UI toolkit APIs and theming, down to low-level kernel APIs for device and file system support, and their incumbent issues. Yet I find I’m not the only one walking these moodily lit, disparate corridors. In tracking down assorted breakages and malfunctions in my own software, I have been surprised to repeatedly encounter the same developer footprints spread across many of these areas. It turns out that these developers, and developer teams, have often been directly responsible not only for the breakage I’m investigating, but for issues affecting a large swathe of Linux users and developers.

The next development version of the CyanogenMod’s Jelly Bean spin has been released, and supports many new phones along with the Nexus family

HP has had a difficult relationship with WebOS, the mobile OS it obtained after acquiring Palm. After the failure of the TouchPad, HP decided to open up WebOS, and the sourcecode for the newly open source project was released last year. While Open WebOS has not graced any products since, LG has decided they want to buy the project and IP from HP.

The next Samsung Galaxy S release details will be discussed in New York on March 14th

Python is arguably the best programming language to build applications for Linux. This tutorial teaches Python by building a handy media converter application

No matter what technology exists, the wrong people seem to be in charge of turning the taps, argues Simon

The Ubuntu for Phones announcement has been quickly followed up by Ubuntu on Tablets, the image for which will be making an appearance tomorrow

Is this beta for one of the best community run distros around a good indicator for the full release, or a serious work in progress like last year?

A Mini ITX case with room for full grown components, the Node 304 has plenty of possible uses. Does it excel in any of them? Last month saw the review of the Define R4, a big ATX tower that could easily double up as a small server case, with a lot of bells and whistles. This month we’re looking at the Node 304, also from Fractal Design, a small, Mini ITX case with a very minimal aesthetic. Don’t let appearances deceive you though, the Node can do a lot more than you’d think at a cursory glance.

The international Firefox OS App days event finished just over a week ago, giving people a chance to make their own apps for Firefox OS

Computer security is always a concern, network security even more so. Wireless networks are a favourite target for hackers. This is simply because there is no physical link between machines: everything goes over the airwaves. One of the first steps to tightening security is simply to see what the current activity is, and what machines are involved. The tool that should be your first stop is Wireshark.

The Kool Desktop Environment, later known as K Desktop Environment or KDE, was launched after Matthias Ettrich issued a call for programmers on de.comp.os.linix.misc in October 1996, and soon had 40 programmers contributing. In the mid Nineties, Linux had X and a variety of diverse and ingenious window managers, but no unified toolkit for the development of applications with a common look and feel. A typical Linux desktop would use a window manager – probably FVWM, which looked a little like Windows 95 – and a scatter of applications, some of which ran in the terminal window while the rest used a variety of widget sets, no two of which looked alike or behaved in the same way.

LibreOffice 4.0.0 is finally here, and marks a full departure from the OpenOffice code of old, with a new Android remote control app and CMIS support

The KDE 4.10 Software Compilation to be more exact, which includes the new versions of Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Development Platform