ZNET Open Source

• Microsoft's Linux app, Skype, gets updated
  Microsoft has released a new version of Skype, its popular VoIP program, for Linux. […]
• Build your own supercomputer out of Raspberry Pi boards
  Who says you need a few million bucks to build a supercomputer? Joshua Kiepert put together a Linux-powered Beowulf cluster with Raspberry Pi computers for less than $2,000. […]
• The best new WIMP desktop today: Linux Mint 15 (Gallery)
  If you want an old-style, hard-working, windows, icons, menus, and pointer desktop, then what you want is Linux Mint 15. […]
• Mint 15: Today's best Linux desktop (Review)
  Mint isn't just an outstanding Linux desktop, it's the best new desktop operating system of any kind available now. […]
• Debian Linux now Google Compute Engine's default OS
  Want to run Linux on the Google Computer Engine cloud? Starting immediately, Debian Linux is Google's Linux of choice. […]
• Anonymous MSFT developer admits Linux is faster than Windows
  This shouldn't come as any great surprise, but Linux is faster than Windows, and at least one anonymous Microsoft developer is willing to admit it and explain why that's the case. […]
• Ubuntu working on new Linux application installer
  Does Linux really need another application packaging and installment system? Ubuntu will be adding another one for its Ubuntu Touch smartphones and tablets. […]
• Microsoft's most profitable mobile operating system: Android
  Microsoft has had trouble getting people to use its Windows Phone operating systems, however, it might make as much as $3.4 billion on Android phones. […]
• Barnes & Noble updated Nook HD Android tablets (gallery)
  See if for yourself: With one major software update, the Barnes & Noble HD e-reader has been transformed into an excellent, low-end Android tablet. […]
• New software upgrade turns Nook HD into a good Android tablet (Review)
  The recent Google app store software update has turned Barnes & Noble's HD e-reader into a good, low-end Android tablet. […]