Fans of KDE3 refuse to give up and will not let it die. Timothy Pearson talks about his KDE3 fork, Trinity, and its chances for success.

The recent history of the Amarok music player is like a scaled-down version of KDE’s recent past. Like KDE 4, the Amarok 2 series was greeted with a user revolt, and a fork: Clementine.

During GUADEC 2010, the GNOME Release Team met and decided to hold the GNOME 3.0 release for the March 2011 release instead of September 2010. Even though it means an additional six months to GNOE 3.0 is officially released, it could be a good thing.

The official release of Eclipse 4.0 SDK, which reworks the underlying platform of the IDE, is now available for early adopters. Production users will have to wait for tools to be updated to feel the benefit…

.NET for Android - dubbed MonoDroid - has come a step closer.……

At last week's OSCON conference, the big topic on the minds of open sourcers was whether or not an open source social networking offering can break down the walled gardens of popular services such as Facebook, and win…

Nokia has unveiled a knock-off of Opera's Mini phone browser, intended for use on its low-end handsets in emerging markets. It's the first manifestation of Nokia's own ad engine.……

There’s no denying that everyone needs a little love from time to time, but for those of us in the FOSS community, that need can be particularly acute. After all, rarely a week goes by without some affront from those we had hoped were our friends. Case in point? Dell. First, it was the disappearing love letter. Then, it was the “helpful” Windows vs. Ubuntu comparison guide. The latest? None other than outright rejection. Imagine our surprise, then — nay, outright joy! — when none other than Neelie Kroes lavished a heaping helping of love upon the FOSS community.

Why do some people choose to run Linux as their PC platform of choice while others opt instead for other ways of running their computing experiences?

The KDE software collection has a new BlueTooth stack called "BlueDevil."