For Linux users, the command line is a celebrated part of our entire experience. Unlike other popular operating systems, where the command line is a scary proposition for all but the most experienced veterans, in the Linux community, command-line use is encouraged. Often the command line can provide a more elegant and efficient solution when compared to doing a similar task with a graphical user interface.

Read the full thing at http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/python-scripts-replacement-bash-utility-scripts

Ben Krasnow, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer at Valve attended a conference last Saturday on the 29th of December where he talked about their upcoming “Steambox” and new exciting hardware projects, that Valve will present in 2013.

Read the full thing at http://vglens.com/2013/01/steambox-is-linux-based-and-launching-this-year/

The Nouveau driver in the current Linux 3.8 development branch has recently acquired everything that's necessary to support the 3D acceleration features of any GeForce graphics hardware. Together with a current version of libdrm and the Nouveau 3D driver in Mesa 3D 9.0, this allows Linux applications to use 3D acceleration even with the most recent GeForce graphics cards.

Read the full thing at http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-source-Linux-driver-supports-3D-acceleration-with-all-GeForce-GPUs-1776089.html

Free and open source roguelike/RPG Tales Of Maj'Eyal (ToME) version 1.0 has been finally released after being in development for more than 3 years.

DarkGod (lead developer of the project) has released 4 release candidates in just two weeks time to release version 1.0 as a new year gift to roguelike lovers.

Read the full thing at http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/12/after-3-years-of-development-tome-10-is.html

As we prepare to enter a new year, the big names that have dominated the Linux world for the past decade–Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), Canonical/Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE–are unchanged. But they may be joined in 2013 by a newcomer to the open source channel, Mageia Linux, which has been enjoying staggering popularity since its creation barely two years ago. Where might it head next?

Read the full thing at http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/12/27/young-mageia-linux-distribution-surges-in-popularity/

Every so often there will be something that slows a system down. There are a few tools that can help to identify which process is the cause of this slow down. One such tool is htop. Htop is an interactive and real time process monitoring application for Linux which will show you your usage per cpu/core, as well as a meaningful text graph of your memory and swap usage.

Read the full thing at http://www.deonsworld.co.za/2012/12/20/understanding-and-using-htop-monitor-system-resources/

E17 has been in development for a long time, and there have been a lot of people involved over the years. At this time, the first and final official release of E17, I think it's important to name names and thank everyone who has been involved over the years.

Read the full thing at http://enlightenment.org/p.php?p=news/show&l=en&news_id=77

We're, back with another shiny PulseAudio release! While the 3.0 release was a little delayed, it brings a number of important improvements, and bug fixes.

Read the full release at http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/3.0

A few weeks back, we talked about KDE and Gnome in daily life, and how they fared from the applications perspective, when you pit programs developed for one environment against those created for the other. We learned a valuable lesson that technology and practicality do not necessarily go hand in hand, nor that you can easily draw a clear line between the two. Finally, we discovered the joy of freedom, in that you can mix software, regardless of whichever desktop you choose, and get the best of all worlds. Now, the big question is, does the same set of conclusions apply when you try to administer your box? Well, to answer that, we will check how easy and intuitive it is to manage Linux when you choose KDE or Gnome as your platform.

Read the full thing at http://netrunner-mag.com/?p=2254

The OpenMandriva community is moving on. The statutes of the “OpenMandriva Association” have been sent to the French authorities and the incorporation process has thus started. At the same time, preparations are ongoing to migrate both the actual development environment of the distribution and the entire community infrastructure. On top of this, the development environment is not just migrated to another server, it is being upgraded to ABF and Git.

Read the full thing at http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2012/12/10/openmandriva-takes-off/