Since the free, online Wikipedia user-created encyclopedia began in 2001, the Linux-based IT infrastructure behind it has been expanded and lassoed together to keep up with the demands of the popular Web site.

On October 15th, I will be participating in Blog Action Day. The idea is that on one day - October 15th - a large number of blogs will dedicate that day to discussing this year's issue, which is poverty.

Every year, every major Linux development, every major distribution release sparks a volley of so-called expert opinion of this being finally the year of the Linux.

This week in the ongoing town-hall debate that is the Linux.com forums, the participants were asked about troubleshooting file permissions, testing Web pages on multiple browsers, and deciding what counts as a low-resource machine. All that, plus your chance at a one-on-one session with unanswered questions.

Assessing the open-source scorecard is complicated. A complete "state of open source" would fill many pages. But here are a few things that have struck me over the past year or two.

Today CyberLink released what might be the most confusing press release I have ever tried to read. Unfortunately, the various news articles say little more.

In this article we’re going through 7 most requested Ubuntu features that didn’t make the cut in this release. You can add your own requests in the comments.

The wave of cheap netbooks, mini laptops, or ultra-mobile PCs has crested with the cheapest yet, the NPX-9000 from Carapelli.