Linux has many keyboard shortcuts. Knowing them makes using Linux much easier.

Read the full thing at http://linuxaudios.blogspot.com/2008/11/linux-keyboard-shortcuts-you-should.html

From Linux.com:

Mantis is that rare bug-tracking program for small projects that is neither too bloated nor too featureless. It's an excellent choice for developers who need a bug tracker that the average computer user can use. Its clean interface and numerous features make bug tracking fast and easy.

Read the full thing at http://www.linux.com/feature/1M2947

Over the course of the past few months we have been saying that the NVIDIA 180 Linux driver to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008 would hold in store a few interesting features. Well, today that closedsource driver has been released in beta form. This driver adds a new VDPAU API, which provides PureVideo-like features on Linux, adds in CUDA 2.1 support, new workstation performance optimizations, X Render improvements, and other improvements.

Read the full thing at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_180_vdpau&num=1

Since my "5 Things Every Good Linux Administrator Knows" post the other day, I've received some indirect feedback from friends and readers alike, that admittedly, leaves a little egg on my face. I left out three very important things that every good Linux administrator should know' I appreciate the feedback and I'm glad that my readers and those close to me feel enabled to let me know when I'm in error or at least falling short of a full delivery.

Read the full thing at http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3460.html

Well, i'm not going to use the ususal distro-te t format for this one, as I fancied a bit of a write up instead of the usual points from 1-5.

I have a spare partition so this time I wanted to go for smething i haven't tried in a long while. I popped over to Distrowatch and saw that Mandriva was out.

Read the full thing at http://linux-hardcore.com/index.php/topic,1776.0.html

Mandriva rallies the community of Linux users in many cities across the globe on November 22nd, November 2008.

In order to bring Linux to new users and present the new features and technologies available in Mandriva Linux 2009, Mandriva is mobilizing its network of Linux User Groups (LUGs) to coordinate a worldwide Installfest on November 22nd, November 2008.

Installations of Mandriva Linux One and Free will take place all around the world, thanks to the Linux community. Major participating locations will include the United States, China, Poland, Argentina avd France. Last year, Mandriva install fests gathered more than 1,500 participants in more than 60 cities in 20 countries such as the United States, Argentina, China and Morocco. This major event was covered in all media.

Read the full thing at http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/worldwide-2009-mandriva-linux-installfest

Very important to preface this with: it's my own personal opinion, written on my own personal blog. This obviously relates to Mandriva and is informed by my own experience working there, but it is not the official opinion of Mandriva, and please don't read it as such.

Read the full thing at http://www.happyassassin.net/2008/10/28/why-i-dont-like-canonical/

The Linux client for Unreal Tournament 3 has yet to be released, and almost one year later we still have no idea when this game will arrive for Linux. Ryan Gordon (a.k.a. Icculus) that ported the UT3 server to Linux and is working on the client does have some yews today but it's not about this game. Ryan Gordon has just released the Prey client for Linux.

Read the full thing at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjgwNQ

From Linux.com:

Back when Mandriva was called Mandrake, the distribution had the reputation of being the most user-friendly Linux distribution. Financial difficulties, personnel changes, and the rise of Ubuntu changed that, and somehow Mandriva never quite regained its reputation. With this week's release of Mandriva 2009, Mandriva has continued to work on user-friendliness. Aside from a poorly organized installation program and a few scattered problems, Mandriva 2009 offers a desktop experience that is at least the equal of any other distribution for everyday use and that has a strong claim of being the most,advanced available for system administration.

Read the full thing at http://www.linux.com/feature/150441

Mandriva One has everything that a home PC user should require, including a graphics suite (GIMP), document viewer (Gwenview), Office suite (OpenOffice.org 3.0), audio player (Amarok), Movie player (Totem) and latest version of Firefox web browser. Of course, I need not say that Mandriva 2009 comes bundled with KDE 4.1.2 or GNOME 2.24 depending upon the live CD you downloaded. So you get all the applications that are part of these fabulous desktopenvironments.

Read the full thing at http://linuxandfriends.com/2008/10/14/mandriva-linux-2009-review/