networkworld.com: One of the most amazing things about Linux is how versatile it is. Let's face it - Windows and MacOS X are...boring. They look exactly how they look. When it comes to making your computer look and behave however you like, Linux is king. Let's take a stroll.

itworld.com: Open source contributors weigh in on what projects are friendly to the first-time contributor, and the ones not-so-much

• Poll: Do you find GIMPs name disturbing?
• Beginner's Guide to Inkscape
• A more colorful LibreOffice unveiled
• 4 Open Source Alternatives To Adobe Photoshop
• Blender dives into 3D printing industry
• GNOME 3.8.2 Is the Last Release in This Branch, Download Now
• Amarok 2.7.1 Released
• Porting Krita to OpenGL 3.1/ES 2.0
• Valve Is Telling Linux Steam Users to Play More Left 4 Dead 2
• Script To Find Directories Eating Most Space
• ncp: Possibly the easiest yet
• Desura: More games will be heading our way!

thelinuxexperiment.com: Kopete provides a KDE integrated instant messaging experience that aims at reducing the number of other instant messaging clients you need to run simultaneously in order to stay in touch with your friends.

h-online.com: Just a few days after the one year anniversary of the release of the first version of OpenOffice from the Apache Foundation (Apache OpenOffice 3.4) on 8 May 2012, the project can now boast 50 million downloads of the open source office suite.

datamation.com: For a few years now, the great debate between Chrome and Firefox has raged on. Which browser is faster? Which is easier to install?

linuxinsider.com: Gnome-Pie could be one of the best user interfaces for accessing menus on any Linux desktop. It's easy to set up your "pies" on the desktop so that you'll have no problem finding your desired menu item for launch.

h-online.com: Open Recall is a space on The H for those things that are too small to package as news but are worth covering. In this edition: a beta of GlusterFS 3.4, version 2.0 of the Scratch interactive programming tool and language, GNU Awk 4.1.0, plans for the upcoming Vim 7.4, and version 2.0 of the open source data management platform CKAN.

• Sharpening in digiKam
• KDE ships May updates
• Best Collaboration Tools Linux Has to Offer
• Fields wallpapers
• Stable Xfce component releases
• KDE 4.10.3 lands in Slackware-Current
• The First Nouveau Benchmarks On Linux 3.10
• Five small footprint productivity tools that pack a powerful punch
• Humble Double Fine Bundle
• Few Plasma Desktop Tips
• Agedu – A Unix utility for tracking down wasted disk space
• What's new in Samba 4
• Systemd 203 release to start up Fedora 19
• Desura adds another 4 games for Linux
• Blender 2.67 Released
• Systemd: Got Choice?

• Best Linux photo editors: 6 top image suites on test
• Left 4 Dead 2 has been Released
• Must-Have Ubuntu Software Titles
• GNOME Music: Reaching the end of phase one.
• Highly Recommended Linux Applications for Photographers
• The Future and KDE PIM
• Are you perfectly satisfied with your file manager?
• Portal now available on Linux, Portal 2 may be on the way
• GNOME Extensions Spicing Up the Desktop Experience

linuxinsider.com: Pencil is an advanced drawing and animation tool that creates traditional, hand-drawn 2D animations and static sketches. Think of this animation/drawing application as an Etch A Sketch with colored sand on steroids.

• Working with Stdin and Stdout
• Open Build Service version 2.4 released
• Please, stay away from rebase
• Hacking on Ubiquity, the setup
• "Await" in Python

• Compromised Apache binaries load malicious code
• Doomsday Engine on openSUSE
• Hotshots – Screenshot tool with editing
• Vim Sessions
• rekonq 2.3.0 almost ready
• Strange Puzzle Game "Kairo" Launches on Steam for Linux
• another opensuse wallpaper
• dmesg -H is sexy
• BitTorrent Sync: Painless File Syncing without the Cloud
• Useful Gimp Keyboard Shortcuts in Debian/Ubuntu
• Image annotation in GIMP, Dia, and OpenOffice Draw
• LibreOffice Happy To Work With Coverity Scan Results
• Stealth Bastard Deluxe Sneaks Onto Linux thru Steam
• "The 39 Steps" Will Combine Film and Literature

webupd8.org: Liquid Prompt is an adaptive, smart prompt for Bash and Zsh. It can display various useful information on the shell prompt, only when it's needed.

arstechnica.com: Opera has been defending its investment in browser technology. The company has filed a 20 million Kronor ($3.4 million) lawsuit against a former employee and consultant, claiming that he stole company secrets and incorporated them into Mozilla.