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According to the makers of Jolicloud, the popular cloud-based netbook distro, something big is about to happen in the world of little computers. Introducing the Jolibook – the ‘Fast, Fun & Connected’ Jolicloud 1.1-powered netbook…

When you think of a giant lizard-monster stomping through a major metropolitan area, you tend to think of Godzilla. Or maybe Rodan. What you probably don’t think about is a non-profit corporation that helps millions around the world gain access to the information they need in their day-to-day lives…

Amid a slew of recent releases, Acer’s Aspire One D260 netbook really stands out from the pack. Russell Barnes loads Linux and takes it for a test drive…

Toshiba’s NB250 netbook stands as a value version of the company’s critically acclaimed NB305, but can it still deliver? Russell Barnes finds out…

The year was 2001, the tech world was reeling from the effects of the ongoing dot-com bust and Microsoft had recently been deemed a monopoly under US antitrust law. In the midst of the various tribulations came the release of Linux kernel 2.4 on 4 January 2001. Linux kernel guru, Jon Masters, bids it a fond farewell…

The S7 is the first ‘true’ Android tablet finally touches down in the UK, but does it live up to the promise of a bright future for the platform? Russell Barnes investigates…

Linux averages 5.5 changes per hour, every hour of every day, and is perhaps one of the most active software projects in human history. Jon Masters charts these changes every month in quite possibly the best technical column in human history…

The world’s best Linux home and small business server has apparently just got better. Russell Barnes tests the B3, Excito’s latest Bubba home server…

Apache HTTP Server is one of the most iconic open source projects in human history. It’s also the world’s most used and respected web server. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to add your own features to it…

Parted Magic is one of the best standalone partition management Linux solutions out there. Sukrit explains why…

Simon Brew ponders one of the finest television programmes in recent memory, and wonders if its advocates share parallels with some in the open source community…

Ubuntu 10.10 developer and Community Leader Dave Walker reflects on Maverick Meerkat’s release cycle. Celebrating with a 10/10/10 release date meant a compressed development period. Many said it couldn’t (or wouldn’t) be done. They were wrong…

One of the more exciting aspects of Ubuntu 10.10 is undoubtedly the Unity shell in Ubuntu Netbook Edition and the 'uTouch' touch screen capabilities bundled with it. In his latest blog entry Canonical’s Gerry Carr unveils this new user experience in a cool video demonstration that shouldn’t be missed…

The official OpenSUSE 11.4 release is due out in March 2011 and there’s at least one very good reason to anticipate its arrival with excitement. Ken Hess explains all…

Linux User & Developer talks to Tommy Forslund, producer at Swedish mobile developer Polarbit, to see if Android can really do for Tablets what it’s achieved in the Smartphone market…

In an earlier article, we studied the fundamental aspects of shell scripting and covered topics such as redirection, variables, arithmetic expansions and control constructs. In this part, we will focus on more advanced concepts that are useful for system administrators and software developers…

With all the hype surrounding mainstream Linux distributions like Ubuntu, openSUSE and Fedora, it’s easy to forget that there are quite a few other excellent distros out there. Case in point – Zenwalk. As Dmitri Popov discovers it’s a great way to give your old hardware a new lease of life…

In today’s Fedora 14 beta review, Dmitri Popov uncovers a slew of under-the-hood improvements and the inclusion of new development tools that will please power users and developers alike…

Firefox is catching up to Internet Explorer in terms of market share, having already passed it in features years ago, but Google Chrome is nipping at its heels. Can Firefox 4 restore its glory?

We can reveal today that Ubuntu One, Canonical’s cloud storage solution, will be updated in Maverick Meerkat to include Windows, Android & iPhone syncing and music streaming…