Jon Masters shares his thoughts on what 2012 holds for Linux kernel development…

With apologies for the sensationalist headline, Simon Brew wonders how to get a realistic debate going in the modern world…

This month Jon Masters takes a break from looking at the very latest developments in the Linux kernel community, to bring two New Year special editions of his column. We start with a look back at 2011 with a look into the future to follow…

Changes to the behaviour of interfaces don’t always go down well, but are sometimes a good thing, says Richard Hillesley

openSUSE community manager Jos discusses the paradigm shift in UIs brought on my the mobile computing revolution…

Want to watch a Blu-ray on your PC? That’ll be £50 please. Simon, for one, is fed up of this game. Join him as he looks at one of the many wheezes the proprietary software and hardware industry are still trying to pull…

openSUSE community manager, Jos Poortvliet, shares his thoughts on the recent creation of Tizen and offers a new home for the MeeGo project…

As is the case every month, Jon Masters looks at the latest developments in the Linux kernel community, including work on new architecture and ABI support, not to mention Kernel.org disruptions…

Because Linux is free software and belongs to no-one, it is often assumed that Linux is “surrounded by legal uncertainties,” but Linux is no more or less prone to legal uncertainties than any other software. Richard Hillesley looks at the latest attempt to cast fear, uncertainty and doubt around the GPL and the Linux kernel…

With the recent launch of Google+, Linux User columnist Simon Brew wonders if the search giant has the power to reinvent social networking…

Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 (otherwise known as Oneiric Ocelot) is available today. The sub-cycle between Alpha 2 and 3 has been quite intensive with a number of things taking place, says Dave Walker, Ubuntu Server’s technical lead…

Simon went to buy a laptop from a big shop. He has sent in this shocking report from the front-line…