Ubuntu Linux Tablets From ZaReason, System76?

thevarguy.com: Will Ubuntu PC makers ZaReason and System76 introduce Linux tablets? Here are clues about the future of ZaTab and System76's own Ubuntu tablet ambitions.

Hybryde Fusion: A very unique Linux distribution

linuxbsdos.com: Hybryde Fusion is a new desktop distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop. Unlike most other Ubuntu-based distributions, it brings a few interesting features to the table.

Explore the Night Sky with Stellarium

linux-magazine.com: What shines in the dark is often hidden by clouds. Stellarium provides a clear view of the stars plus a lot of astronomical data.

China and Linux: A Lesson in Industry Transformation

wired.com: Of course, Linux has been the foundation of much of this disruption — and the operating system is becoming more popular across global growth markets. Worldwide enterprise adoption of Linux continues to rise, according to the Linux Foundation’s 2013 Enterprise End User Report.

Opera quietly settles lawsuit

h-online.com: Opera's multi-million dollar lawsuit against a former employee who, it claimed, had leaked trade secrets to Mozilla has been settled. Details of the settlement are, however, confidential.

Best Linux Distro For a New User?

fossforce.com: There’s still a perception that Linux is difficult to use and is only for Geeks. This seems rather silly, since most casual users, the folks who use their computers only for surfing, email and word processing, would have little to no learning curve at all using many Linux distros these days.

The Windows Kernel's Achilles' Heel

linuxinsider.com (blog safari): Last week we saw our favorite operating system named the "benchmark of quality". Now, the cheerfest continues with no less than a confession from a Windows kernel developer that Linux development is better. Could it get any better than this?

Antergos Linux 2013.05.12 review

linuxbsdos.com: Antergos Linux is a desktop distribution based on Arch Linux. The distribution started under the Cinnarch moniker with the objective of providing a Cinnamon-only desktop distribution using the same rolling release development model as its parent distribution.

Ubuntu vs. Windows 8: Which Is Better Overall?

datamation.com: In this article, I'll be offering my own comparison between Ubuntu and Windows, explaining where each has its strengths and which OS offers something better overall.

Before Mageia 3: Mageia 2 in Perspective Redux

unsolicitedbutoffered.blogspot: The early articles of this site revolved around the late and somewhat lamented Mandriva, which faced troubles as a Linux distribution, product, and company. Although Distrowatch lists Mageia within its top 10 of most clicked distributions, Mageia receives the same coverage in the media as long running PCLinuxOS and Sabayon. In fact, popular frugal Linux distribution Puppy Linux is mentioned more in articles and forums than Mageia.

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 508

Welcome to this year's 20th issue of DistroWatch Weekly! Debian GNU/Linux, the world's largest Linux distribution and the ultimate cooperative software project that extends across many countries on all continents, has recently released a new stable version and it is the subject of this week's first-impression review by Jesse Smith;

Mageia 3 Released with Steamy Goodness

ostatic.com: The third official release of, the popular Mandriva fork, Mageia is now available. After several delays and a mountain of challenges, Patricia Fraser said, "We still can't believe how much fun it is to make Mageia together, and we've been doing it for two and a half years."

some leftovers:

  • KWin running in Weston
  • Is Google abusing its power?
  • Unix/Linux File Recognition. Did You Know?
  • Get better desktop performance with pf-kernel
  • How to transform a Debian based system to a Debian Edu installation
  • Flareget a great download manager for Linux
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 review - A surprise
  • Bash Functions for more a powerful Alias
  • OpenPandora review, part two
  • Btrfs vs. EXT4 vs. XFS vs. F2FS On Linux 3.10
  • Linux, Standards and the Enterprise: Why Red Hat is Best
  • Add Alacarte Menu Editor to Fedora 18 Xfce
  • Linux Basement - Episode 79 - Great Googly Moogly

Dogfooding the Ubuntu Phone

  • Bacon: Ubuntu Phone: My (Early) Experience
  • Emmabuntus: Yet More Recycled Bits?
  • Dogfood Update
  • Emmabuntus review - very disappointing
  • Ubuntu 13.04 vs Kubuntu 13.04 vs Xubuntu 13.04 vs Lubuntu 13.04 vs Ubuntu 13.04 GNOME: A brief comparison

few odds & ends:

  • openSUSE 13.1 Off to the Races
  • Watch and record live TV on your Raspberry Pi
  • Can gaming be the turning point for Linux on the desktop?
  • Red Hat CEO Whitehurst on innovation, OpenStack, Hadoop
  • Infotainment is the First Target for Open Source in Cars
  • 10 Tech Terms Even Non-Geeks Should Know
  • The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 505
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