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All the technology of the future is here, and it runs Linux.

As Apple and Microsoft stop to correct behind-the-scenes problems and issues, Linux has a chance to leave them both behind.

Phoronix has more details about the much-anticipated Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a version of Ubuntu designed for UMCPs, that Canonical recently announced.

As OpenSuse 11 has gone through its various betas, the screenshots, particularly of the installer, have continually been impressive and the RC screenshots are certainly cool, too.

What a geek and "average joe" would do with a Wii on the first day, after a month, and after a year.

A look at the difference between how, why, and when geeks and regular people get new PCs.

With LiMo’s recent announcement that Verizon had hopped onto their Board of Directors, things are starting to heat up between the LiMo platform and Google’s competing product, Android. Both are open-source Linux-based platforms, and both are aiming to rock the handset market sometime in the next year or so.

As suspected by many people, Microsoft is offering a discounted version of Windows to UMPC makers. The question is, though, is this practice fair?

Many recent headlines have read that the Windows Eee PC 900 is cheaper than the Linux version, but is this really true?

KDE 4 gives you lots of freedom with your desktop icons and it turns out you can do a number of interesting things with that freedom.

The new version of VirtualBox, 1.6, for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Solaris has just recently been released with lots of new features.

Particularly if you are new to the Ubuntu community, there are some sessions you should really look at.

Syncing the release of distributions has many advantages including unifying Linux and increasing publicity.

One of the best new features of Ubuntu Hardy Heron is the features list itself, which taken a huge leap forward.

After timing a video comparison of a Linux and Windows version of the Eee PC, it turns out that the Linux version is far faster that the Windows version.

Canonical's recently announced Ubuntu desktop training course could help boost Ubuntu's presence in the enterprise.

Hardware is always getting faster and with it Windows increases it's system requierments, but Linux does not. In time, this could be an important factor driving Linux's success.

Everex has announced a new Linux-based computer called the MyMiniPC. The form factor is similar to the Mac Mini, but what makes the computer interesting is that is is targeted specifically at MySpace users.

On top of all the other complaints about Dell's Ubuntu machines, it turns out the options for customization do not include colors other than black and, on the desktop, no Core 2 Duo.

Canonical has just announced Ubuntu jabbering Jackass, the next version of Ubuntu. It will focus, among other things, on being highly stubborn -- I mean stable.