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Vim's syntax highlighting and color schemes can be a blessing, or a curse, depending on how they're configured. If you're a Vim user, let's take a little time to explore how you can make the most of Vim's color schemes.

All files previously stored in the Linux distribution's /bin/, /sbin/, /lib/ and /lib64/ directories will shortly be moved to equivalent sub-directories in /usr/…

Red Hat has established a GlusterFS Advisory Board to promote the technical development of the distributed file system.

There's still one week until the work will be officially announced, but the open-source "Lima" open-source graphics driver project has surfaced…

Version 0.10 of FFmpeg adds several new encoders and decoders, as well as new filters and tools. The latest stable release also closes 15 security holes…

The more I use AutoKey, the more I believe it to be an essential piece of software for the Linux desktop. If you happened to miss my last article about it, AutoKey is a system-wide service that allows you to easily set scripts to run when certain key combinations are pressed. AutoKey also lets you set text shortcuts for longer words or phrases.

With JSR 355, Oracle and the Java Community Process plan to create a central executive committee that will combine the current committees for Java SE/Java EE and Java ME development…

Linaro developers are nearly done with their milestone of upstream support for OpenGL ES 2.0 with Compiz, Nux, and Unity. This will allow for the Unity 3D desktop to work on more mobile devices and other cases where only GLES support is available…

Use of Linux in the mobile/embedded space is exploding, and we find many companies are adopting the open source Yocto project to build custom embedded Linux systems. The project is hosting a free day of training on Yocto on Feb 14th as part of the Embedded Linux Conference. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn Yocto if you’re a beginner or get more advanced if you are already familiar with the tool. Find out more about Yocto Developer Day. Yocto includes the BitBake build tool, a large set of customizable build metadata, the EGLIBC library, Eclipse-based graphical user interfaces for both the build system and an accompanying Application Development Toolkit that is automatically generated, and several other tools that bring some…

Systemd, Lennart Poettering's new init system that is taking the Linux world by storm, is all full of little tricks and treats. Today we will play the slow-boot blame game, and learn to how stop services so completely the poor things will never ever run again.