by Jon Masters
Jon Masters is a Linux kernel hacker who has been working on Linux for almost 14 years, since he first attended university at the age of 13. Jon lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and works for a large enterprise Linux vendor…
by John Brandon
For those new to Linux, or for the hardcore enthusiast who needs a morale boost, there’s nothing quite like installing a powerful, latest-gen distro onto a powerful workstation computer. The Lenovo ThinkStation S20 runs an Intel Xeon W3503 processor at 2.97GHz, has 4GB of DDR-3 PC3-10600 RAM and an Nvidia ...
by Richard Ibbotson
We talk to the multitalented open source pioneer Klaus Knopper, who famously once said that computers are stupid, ill-designed and incompatible…
by Russell Barnes
Issue 82 of Linux User & Developer is on sale now!
This month you can learn how to master Cloud Computing, create apps for the Palm Pre and develop with Moblin among other things. We also speak exclusively to Linux Driver Project Head Greg Kroah-Hartman…
by Simon Brew
As the operating system increasingly becomes the main attraction, ex Linux User & Developer editor Simon Brew yearns for the thinking of the good old days…
by Swayam Prakasha
Over the last few years, system security has gained a lot of momentum and software professionals are focusing heavily on this aspect. Linux is often treated as a highly secure operating system. However, the reality is that Linux too has its own share of security flaws…
Posted by RussellBarnes
There was a time when Netscape’s internet suite was pretty popular. The Mozilla Foundation, which was born out of Netscape, brought out the Mozilla Suite, consisting of a web browser, a mail client, a newsreader, a website editor and an IRC client. Now renamed SeaMonkey, this community-driven internet suite has ...
Posted by RussellBarnes
Lenovo is cranking out the netbooks so fast, it’s hard to keep pace. Recently, this major manufacturer (the fourth biggest PC maker in the world) released the IdeaPad S10 netbook, and now the company has birthed the updated S12…
Posted by RussellBarnes
The third iteration of the Linutop is not as small and power-efficient as the previous model, but it sports a new design, a faster processor and improved hardware…
by Simon Brew
Former Linux User & Developer editor, Simon Brew, investigates why Chrome OS is 'open source' and not 'Linux'…