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It's been almost a year since Microsoft moved its newly acquired Skype for Linux out of beta with the release of version 4.0 , surprising more than a few Linux fans with its apparent commitment to maintaining a telephony client for the free and open source operating system.

Edubuntu 13.04, released April 25, brings the education edition into sync with the latest version of Ubuntu, the popular Linux operating system.

Linux Solutions Libres & Open Source is the 15th edition of the One & Only Event in France around Linux solutions & Open Source solutions.

"A distribution I never heard of has changed its default desktop, stopped supporting Cinnamon -- though it is still included -- and changed its name," said Mobile Raptor blogger Robin Lim.

Bary Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.6 "Precise" edition, a minimalist distribution and live CD featuring the JWM window manager and built from Ubuntu 12.04 binary packages: "It's out! Our latest and greatest Puppy.

Write software that draws directly on services offered by the Linux kernel and core system libraries.

This is a wise choice for the space station, and a high-profile victory for software freedom.

Properly configured, a Linux system can breathe life into old hardware or finely-tune performance on new gear.

An anonymous reader writes "The open-source Intel Linux graphics driver has hit a milestone of now being faster than Apple's own OpenGL stack on OS X . The Intel Linux driver on Ubuntu 13.04 is now clearly faster than Apple's internally-developed Intel OpenGL driver on OS X 10.8.3. when benchmarked from a 'Sandy Bridge' class Mac Mini.

PRAWtools is currently made up of two utillities: * modutils * reddit_alert * subreddit_stats ## PRAWtools Installation ### Ubuntu/debian installation sudo apt-get install python-setuptools sudo easy_install pip sudo pip install prawtools ### Arch Linux installation sudo pacman -S python-pip sudo easy_install pip sudo pip install prawtools ### Mac ... (more)

In many scientific disciplines, the research you may be doing is completely new.

If you've been in the market for a portable computer, you may very well have considered buying a Chromebook.

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LXer is read by around 350,000 individuals each month, and is an excellent place for you to publish your ideas, thoughts, reviews, complaints, etc.

These days there are a lot of "user friendly" distros - all with a little different take on what constitutes friendliness.

From the release number, you can probably guess that it is based on Ubuntu Desktop 13.04. But what you cannot guess from the name or release number is that it ships with its own desktop environment called HY-D-V1. It also makes it super easy to test-drive other desktop environments from the same installation, without ever rebooting the computer or ... (more)

A few days ago, Canonical reiterated its commitment to restoring the Ubuntu "community" Web portal to front-and-center of official Ubuntu websites.

The other day in the Linux Journal IRC room , I was whining to the channel about no-ip.com deleting my account without warning.

A buddy of mine was thinking to move some of his Linux-based website to Azure. If you're running a Web Site that this node.js, ASP, ASP.NET, or PHP, it's easiest to use Azure Web Sites.

So Psychsoftpc is now offering consumers a choice of which Windows Version they want installed on their machines, Windows 7 or Windows 8. If they prefer Linux, Psychsoftpc offers a choice of Debian, SUSE or Ubuntu.