This year Linux is celebrating its 20th Birthday since its release by Linus Torvalds on August 26, 1991, and to celebrate the occasion, Linus Torvalds has now updated the open source OS kernel to version 3.0. The new Linux 3.0 RC1 (93 MB) download was published on the kernel.org mailing list at about 6 pm PST marking a new [...]

The race to create the most viable e-paper is a vicious one. Japanese tire makers Bridgestone refuse to be left behind and recently demoed their A4 sized AeroBee prototype for the Display 2011 trade show. The 800 x 600 resolution e-paper is being touted as among the most power efficient in existence. Thanks to its [...]

Linux is 20 years old this summer and over the past twenty years has grown from a hobby code into the Linux operating system we rely on today, now running on 95 percent of the world’s super computers we use for daily communications. Linux is literally everywhere: in your phone, at your ATM, in your TV, [...]

Meego have this week announced that they are released the Meego Linux-based source code to encourage developers to take the reins and develop innovative applications and take the OS forward. The Meego OS has been created for use on tablets, netbooks and smartphones and is an open source project led by the MeeGo Technical Steering Group [...]

Hercules has launched a new range of eCAFE netbooks, the eCAFE Slim HD and the eCAFE EX HD, both models are designed to be ultra portable, and the EX HD is designed to provide up to 13 hours of usage. Both models comes with a Cortex A8 processor, and Linux as the OS, you get [...]

Kiwi PC has launched a new Linux desktop PC, which it says is designed for ‘Senior Citizens’, this new Linux desktop PC runs Ubuntu Linux , and is designed to make it to connect to the web, use email and various software applications. The Kiwic PC features large icons and text making them easier to [...]

Fuduntu 14.9 stable has now been released of the stripped down Linux distribution which gets its name from being somewhere between the Fedora and Ubuntu and optimised for netbooks and portable devices. Fuduntu 14.9 integrates several new technologies unique to the distribution designed to improve the user experience including support for Adobe Flash Plugin 10.2 and Chromium 9 (Stable).

The latest release of OpenSUSE 11.4 the general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project has now been released. The new OpenSUSE 11.4 distribution is the first to include the LibreOffice open source office applications suite, rather than the Oracle-sponsored OpenOffice office software. In September 2010 following Oracle’s takeover of the OpenOffice project as part [...]

The LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of leading mobile operators, device and technology vendors, announced the launch of LiMo 4, the latest release of the LiMo Platform at the MWC in Barcelona. The new version of the Linux based mobile OS brings with it a a number of improvements to the platform, including improved widget support, multimedia [...]

Some of our readers will remember the AirPlay Hack that let you turn you Mac into an Apple TV, it was created by TUAW editor Erica Sadun, now we have another cool AirPlay Hack, this time from digsimhomelinuxorg. This time  AirPlay running  on an iPad with XBMC installed on a Unbuntu Linux Box, you can [...]

According to the WSJ, the Jolicloud Jolibook which we featured on the site previously will be available in the UK from Friday the 19th of November, and will be available in other countries after that. The Jolibook features a dual core Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz processor, and has a 250GB hard drive, and also features [...]

Just three hours after the European launch Hector Martin has already hacked Microsofts new Kinect motion system and enabled it to run under Linux open source drivers with support for RGB input as well as depth sensing. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.