Linux is becoming more and more popular as new distributions are getting more user friendly, the best part is, it’s completely free to everyone.
You may even be running Linux and haven’t noticed it, all of the Android mobile devices are based on Linux and the iPhone OS is also a UNIX variant. Linux also comes pre-installed on some netbooks.
So what’s the benefits?

Linux is free, there are commercial distributions for server based machines but the majority of operating systems are completely free of charge.
Software! – Linux distributions such as Ubuntu provide a massive …

The MeeGo Linux operating system for mobile devices gained software support at the Computex show this week in Taiwan. Novell and Linpus both announced MeeGo-based netbook distributions, Movial announced a “MeeGo Services” development suite, and Telefonica has weighed in with support for the open source platform.
In April, the project announced a wide range of supporting partners, including most major Linux desktop distro vendors except for Canonical (Ubuntu). Last week, MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks was released, but was not offered in a full standalone distribution image.
If a full MeeGo Linux distro has yet to be …

The OpenOffice.org development team have issued the first point update to the 3.2.x branch of their open source office suite for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Solaris. The maintenance update addresses a number of bugs and security issues found in the previous 3.2 release, but adds no new features.
What is OpenOffice?
OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and …

Panda Security has improved the functionality of its free cloud-based anti-malware service and launched a new commercial version, Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro.
Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro Edition includes completely hands-off operation with its automatic and transparent program and engine upgrades every time a new version is released, advanced anti-malware protection thanks to behavioral analysis, no nagging advertising screens and multi-lingual 24×7 technical support.

* Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition is free for personal use and non-profit organizations only.
The free version offers an alternative to the likes of AVG, Avast Free Antivirus and …