This is a demonstration of the alpha version of CompComm (a temporary name) which is a result of the re-merge of Beryl and Compiz. These plug-ins and effects are bleeding edge and are not expected to work perfectly. However you CAN try them out. There are instructions for Ubuntu Feisty on forums.opencompositing.com Take [...]

Anybody who has used a Linux distro knows that downloading and installing from an ISO is only the first part of a very long journey. After you have successfully installed the OS (which is sometimes difficult in its self) you need to add your apps, wifi / bluetooth support (WPA is always a b!tC7H), your [...]

Alan Carvalho de Assis (and friends), as announced on the LinuxBIOS mailing list, has released a video of the newly released LinuxBIOS with X Server Inside.
All of this in a normal BIOS chip (2 MB), without any hard drive connected (who needs hard drives when you can fit everything in the BIOS just fine)… The [...]

If you haven’t been paying too much attention to all the Open Source excitement surrounding the more recent developments to the XGL the X server video architecture then your really missing out.
Here is a quick low down:
XGL is an X server (X Windows) architecture designed to take advantage of modern graphics cards via their OpenGL [...]

In a similar spirit of the Andre The Giant OBEY! posters, the first Ubuntu OBEY! Poster! Free to download, share with others, print, etc.!

Software maker Novell Corp. said on Tuesday Microsoft Corp. will make two separate up-front payments totaling $348 million to the company under an agreement to allow Novell’s open-source Linux OS SuSe work with Windows.
Microsoft will pay Novell $240 million up front in subscription fees to allow the world’s largest software maker to use its Linux [...]

In the ongoing war to become the ultimate desktop OS Google is preparing its own distribution called Goobuntu. The Linux desktop based on the newly popular Linux distribution called Ubuntu which means “humanity to others” in several African languages, including Zulu and Xhosa.
Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, [...]

Linksys last month switched the standard model of its ubiquitous WRT54G wireless router from Linux to VxWorks, starting with the “series 5″ version. Now, Linksys is shipping a Linux-based WRT54GL model that it says it created specially for Linux hobbyists, hackers, and aficianados. The L version is identical to the “series 4″ WRT54G units that [...]