arstechnica.com: Sun released VirtualBox 3 this week, the latest version of its open source x86 virtualization software. The new version introduces support for 3D graphics and SMP.

blogs.techrepublic.com: Happy Independence day to my US readers. This holiday is a celebration of the United States adoption of the Declaration of Independence which declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about…

Also: Freedom is not Free for Countries nor Computer Users

danlynch.org/blog: Today I thought I’d report back in detail on my experiences with Fedora 11, the community distribution release from perennial Linux giants Red Hat.

I took some time today to install and take for a spin the latest version of KDE4 today, release 4.3 RC1. I installed the packages from the Kubuntu backports repositories, as explained in this tutorial. All the screenshots were took at 1280x1024 and desktop effects enabled.

linux.co.nz: To write it down clearly: I don't like clones. There are too many distro's out there as it is. Over the last years I have had many people ask me: I have tried Distro X, Y and Z, can you help me?

penguindroppings.wordpress: It all started back in the good ol’ days of the Jaunty development cycle when I heard this new fangled filesystem thingy called ext4 was going to be an option in Jaunty. It claimed to be faster with much shorter fsck times. So, like any good Ubuntu developer, I tried it.

repasik.com: There are many web browsers for Linux, but everyone has different needs, some prefer customizable browsers with all the wizz and bang of plugins and themes, while others prefer lighter browsers that don’t have so many features and add-ons.

techmoments.com: Fedora, following Ubuntu, was the next major Linux distribution to rev to a new release. This one is fedora 11. It continues along history of subtle and not so subtle refinements of the distribution.

linuxloop.com: One of the most problematic new user challenges in Linux is the problem of codecs and DVD playback. These are major challenges, since they cannot be legally included with existing Linux distributinos without paying a per-user license fee.

bbc.co.uk: There is no doubt that free technologies, mainly open source software, are proving more popular both inside and outside the computer industry.

• GNOME and KDE developer conference begins on Gran Canaria

• Canonical Party Welcomes Gran Canaria Desktop Summit
• KDE Updates
• USB 3.0 Equipped PCs Will Be Shipping by End of the Year
• Apple, Linux exempt from Chinese filter
• Working With Upstream: An Interview with Laszlo Peter
• Ubuntu 9.04 desktop edition
• The neverending fun of debugging a debugger
• Firefox 3.5 Hits 10 Million Downloads
• firefoxes are cute
• Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.7.3 released
• Ubuntu 9.04 on the IBM T60 – going Linux full time?
• Microsoft weighs next-phase in open-source support
• Jackalope Seems to be Jaunty Enough
• Opera Unite Review - Potential Not Fully Realised
• Three Open Source E-book Readers Worth a Look
• Microsoft Keeps Beating a Dead Browser
• Mixxx-ing Tracks on Linux
• Podcast 58 Gentoo Developer Diego E. Petteno (Flameeyes)

• How-To: Install KDE 4.3 RC1 in Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

• How To Fix Full-Screen Flash Videos in Linux & Firefox
• Postgresql: show tables, show databases, show columns
• Stream Music with the Last.fm Client on Ubuntu
• LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio
• Tutorial : Easily multibooot Windows 7 with Linux
• Enabling Accent Marks on a U.S. Keyboard in Ubuntu
• Force Firefox To Open Links In Same Tab
• Thunderbird localmail Spool
• How to Set Up a TiVo Media Server on Ubuntu Linux

eweek.com: Mozilla plans to release a patched version of its latest browser, to be named Firefox 3.5.1, in response to certain bugs that have revealed themselves following Firefox 3.5's June 30 release.

linuxforu.com: The war has begun. Quite literally. We laid our hands on the RC (release candidate) available for free on Microsoft’s website, and took it for a spin against Mandriva 2009.1 Spring. Who won? The results are most surprising!