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The Debian developers are considering the release of an LTS (long-term support version) for their Wheezy branch, but nothing has been settled so far and they are looking for people with the available time and energy for such a project.

Canonical has issued an official explanation for the reason why Linux Mint developers have to sign a license agreement in order to continue to distribute the package straight from the Ubuntu repos.

Valve is providing Debian and Ubuntu developers with keys for their entire past and future library of games, and it seems that some people have tried to take advantage of this and get some Steam keys for themselves.

KDE workspaces has been the go-to solution for a large number of serious projects, such as the control room for a particle accelerator, but it seems that it has also found its way to the computers of Gravity's production team.

Canonical has just announced that Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (Precise Pangolin) has been officially released for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Ubuntu is still using a lot of GNOME applications, including the file manager Nautilus (now Files), but that will change soon enough.

The first update for the stable Linux kernel 3.13 has been announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman just a few minutes ago, starting the maintenance cycle for this new branch.

The openSUSE Project has just announced that openSUSE 12.2 has reached end of life (EOL) and it will no longer be supported.

Ubuntu developers are still sifting through the packages that need to stay and through the ones that could be removed from the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) distribution.

A controversy regarding Canonical's CLA has been going on for a couple of days, and now even Linus Torvalds has entered the discussion, although in a more peaceful manner.

Ubuntu distributions didn't always come with the latest GRUB, but Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) might implement the most recent version, GRUB 2.02 Beta 2.

Version 1.20 of eBook reader and management software Calibre has been released and comes with more tools and new features

Korora, a Fedora Remix distribution with tweaks and extras to make the system “just work” out of the box, which aims to provide a complete and easy-to-use system for general computing, is now at version 20.

Information about the first official Ubuntu phone has been spotted on a Chinese website, making Meizu the first hardware partner for Canonical.

Version 1.18 of eBook reader and management software Calibre has been announced and it packs quite a few changes, despite the fact that a worldwide vacation has been in effect for the last few days. According to the developers, an option to control how the completion works when editing authors/tags/series/etc has been added, among many other changes.

Ubuntu operating systems are storing the Wi-Fi profiles, including the clear text passwords, outside the home folder, making them a lot more accessible.

Version 1.16 of the eBook reader and management software Calibre has been announced on December 20, bringing a lot of improvements for the book editor.

Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS Alpha 1 (Trusty Tahr) has been released and is now available for download and testing. We prepared a screenshot tour to get a sneak peek at the new operating system.

South Korea is considering the replacement of the old and dying Windows XP with a free Linux alternative, namely Ubuntu.

Version 1.15 of the eBook reader and management software Calibre has been announced on December 13, introducing a major feature called Book Editor.