Lugaru HD was a part of the Humble Indie Bundle which allowed users to pay whatever the want for some great cross-platform games. They said they will open-source the games if they reach 1,000,000 - which they did, so all the games are about to be released as open source.

Linux users really love Google Picasa even though it's not a native Linux application (unpack the .deb and you'll notice some wine.exe and other such files). Reading the comments from our "best linux photo manager / organizer" post, it seems face recognition is the feature that attracts people the most to Picasa.

Well, it seems Google Picasa will have a serious native Linux competitor,

The Ubuntu distribution of GNU/Linux is removing F-Spot from its default installation, which leaves very little in terms of Mono dependencies - packages that are really simple to replace anyway

It probably now sounds like a cliche, but the Lucid Lynx is the best release Canonical has come out with since its inception. The following 5 lessons can be gleaned from the overwhelming success of Ubuntu 10.04.

Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264 from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264.

You can set up checks for you Ubuntu server in many areas including checking that the IMAP server is responding correctly to connections. These plugins are easy to configure and provide assurance that your Mail Delivery Agent is up and working.

I, Craig A. Eddy (aka tyche) hereby tender my resignation from Ubuntu effective May 15, 2010. A situation has developed with some applications, over the last 3 or 4 releases of Ubuntu, that affect me (one of them severely). Despite numerous attempts to find a resolution to this I find that it continues to be a problem.

During a recent discussion with Canonical Chief Operating Officer Matt Asay, it became clear to me that Canonical thinks Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud may unlock key revenue opportunities for the company. Here's why.