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The life cycle of processes in Linux is quite similar to that of humans. Processes are born, carry out tasks, go to sleep and finally die (or get killed)

SteamOS installed on the new Jetpack may be a possibility, allowing for a hidden, mounted Steam Machine behind your TV

Valve likes Linux. Linux now likes Valve. So Valve is now actively contributing to the Linux Foundation by joining Clodius Systems and the HSA Foundation as new members

Might SteamOS be a way forward for mainstream Linux?

Git is quite easy to learn, but you go much further with an understanding beyond a simple cheat sheet, so we’ve combined this ‘how-to’ with a little of ‘why’

Raspberry Pi’s will have the Wolfram Language and Mathematica in future versions of Raspbian, but issues about it being non-free software have arisen

Build a gateway server that can intelligently filter content and block access to certain websites from certain PCs

It is 30 years since Richard Stallman announced that he was going to write a complete UNIX-compatible software system called GNU, pioneering the idea of free and open source software, but the struggle continues

The Raspberry Pi is selling much faster than expected, shifting two million boards since launch, a million of which sold over the last eight to nine months

LyX lets you to get your document written without having to deal with LaTeX’s steep learning curve. Here’s how…

Linux is increasingly being used for cutting-edge robotics – opening up the field to anyone interested in learning more

We’re back from our brief visit to SUSECon 2013, where SUSE and its partners showed that open source is the way forward for business and computing

If you’ve been inspired to build a bot, this brand new open source platform could be exactly what you’re looking for

One of the most recent Raspberry Pi accessories is the tiny Pi Camera board – a small PCB with a camera sensor mounted to it that connects to the Pi. It connects directly to the Raspberry Pi board to save USB slots, however this does not make it exactly plug and play, so you’ll need to do some extra set-up on your Raspberry Pi to get it to work.

With ten years under its belt, WordPress has firmly cemented its place in the hearts of bloggers. But what next for its co-founder Mike Little? David Crookes finds out…

Should a good software update always leave a way back, wonders Simon…

The Open Device Lab Bournemouth will be opening its doors to freelancers, students and more to a collection of 255 devices for app and website development

Grab a Raspberry Pi Model A and the new Camera Board in one package, and save some money in the process

Learn the commands you need to deal with Cisco router logs and use rsyslog to receive them on a remote Linux PC

Designed to mate a wireless Arduino microcontroller with the Raspberry Pi, is the RasWIK what budding developers have been waiting for all this time?