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Red Hat embraces Hadoop and big data
Red Hat spells out its big data plans, which includes more Hadoop integration.
Canonical reveals Ubuntu tablet plans
As expected, Canonical has announced their plans for Ubuntu on tablets as well as the signing of a deal with a major mobile silicon provider to provide Ubuntu smartphone and tablet chips.
Dell upgrades its developer edition Ubuntu Linux laptop
In addition to upgrading its Sputnik Ubuntu Linux laptop for developers, Dell is also making it available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Canonical answers Ubuntu phone critics
Not everyone thinks Canonical can create a unified Ubuntu for PCs, smartphones, tablets and TVs. But Mark Shuttleworth has an answer for them.
How to affordably own your office software
Dump Microsoft Office, with its new licensing restrictions, and get LibreOffice instead.
Linux, Windows, and security FUD
Once again, a Microsoft partner claims that Linux is less secure than Windows. What else would they say?
Top Linux and open-source programs survey results
LinuxQuestions' annual members choice survey is in and the top Linux distributions and open-source programs are sometimes quite surprising
Linux on Windows 8 PCs: Some progress, but still a nuisance
Some Samsung laptops with UEFI will brick when you try to install Linux on them, others have problems, and the Linux Foundation is continuing to try to bring its fix for Windows 8 UEFI Secure Boot out.
Oracle who? Fedora & openSUSE will replace MySQL with MariaDB
Both Fedora and openSUSE will be replacing Oracle's MySQL with its open-source fork--MariaDB.
Google challenges hackers to take on Chrome OS
Google is offering a pi--that's $3.14159 million--in prizes for cracking Chrome OS.