• Slashdot to Implement Rot13, (Quick & easy ROT13 for the command line)
• Systemd Ditches GNU C Library for Their Own
• YouTube "shutting down" tonight
• Facebook to access surveillance cameras and more
• waymir: merging Mir and Wayland
• The KMix Volume Slider Compromise
• Ubuntu 13.04 to disable Dash online search by default
• Valve Announces Half-Life 4 For Linux

gimpmagazine.org: It’s finally official! We can now report from a reliable source at GIMP.org that GIMP software, which has been downloaded over 40 million times, is in the process of changing their name to CHIMP software.

junauza.com: After announcing Ubuntu for phones and tablets, it seems like there's no stopping to Canonical's growth. Following a 2-day countdown that teased its impatient fans, Canonical finally unveiled its latest innovation: Ubuntu for washing machines (Ubuntu WM OS).

skyfromme.wordpress: Although the “OOo does not print on Tuesdays” OpenOffice.org-bug is long fixed, OpenOffice.org never indemnified Tuesday for its loss in reputation. This is unacceptable and Tuesdays rage at the event has even passed on to its successful successor: LibreOffice.

linuxgamecast.com: The fine folks over at /g/ are working on a GTA inspired top-down where you play as RMS. Team up with Richard Greenblatt, Tom Knight, Bill Gosper, Eric S. Raymond and, Linus Torvalds and fight the evil Corps like Microshaft and, Crapple.

Also: Half-Life 2 Single Player Coming

mandriva.com: Mandriva S.A. , the leading European Linux based software vendor, is unveiling the new milestone in its corporate strategy. Mandriva S.A. will now invest in Formula One racing.

networkworld.com: This is the story of how a Linux user...switched to Windows 3.1. At least in part. You read that right. Windows 3.1. Yes. That Windows 3.1. The 16-bit one that came out in 1992...

dragonsreach.it: I’ve always presented myself as a Linux geek to my neighbours and it has been nice seeing how the Linux word evolved (with funny and surprising quotes) during the past ten years in their minds.

• The Official Ubuntu 12.04 CD Cover
• Canonical and Microsoft To Join Forces on New UI
• Running Ubuntu 12.04 With The Liquorix Kernel

ubuntu.com: Don't call it an interface. Call it an inter-FACE. Miniaturisation has come a long way. In fact, today Canonical introduces a new class of personal productivity device, so unobtrusive that neither you nor your co-workers need even know it's there.

gentoo.org: Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers.

distrowatch.com: Almost exactly one year ago, GNOME 3 was released with much fanfare. But to the surprise of many, it was not warmly welcomed. Despite the backlash, not everyone agrees that GNOME 3 was overambitious. GNOME 4 developers have doubled-down.

• Hell Freezes Over in Slackware Current
• Xubuntu rebasing on Debian
• Announcing: Fedora Retro
• Hsiloof Linux: The Real Breakthrough, No More Wine!
• Commodore shipped with Lubuntu
• XO Laptops for Penguins of Antarctica
• KDE Multimedia switches to Akode

• Bringing self-driving cars to NASCAR
• Begin your quest with Google Maps 8-bit for NES
• Google celebrated with Google doodle

muktware.com: Arch Linux has won the Free Software Award for the Most Consumer Friendly Linux Distribution. Aaron Griffin recieved the award from Richard M. Stallman and Linus Torvalds at the LibrePlanet conference at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.