Most anyone using Ubuntu Linux has to install Adobe Flash, Java, DVD playback, and other plug-ins to actually enjoy it. Super Ubuntu packs all that essential in from the get-go. It's basically just a ...

No single Linux distribution can compete with Windows’ hardware compatibility. But you’ll find a surprising breadth of support for graphics hardware Early Linux desktops were crude affairs, sharing ...

There are Linux distributions out there for pretty much every taste and purpose, but every once in a while I’ll come across one that seems especially intriguing. That happened this week with the ...

As a multimedia-capable platform Linux has seen terrific growth over the past few years. At the system level, a simple kernel patch can now improve scheduler efficiency and bring performance latencies ...

Linux and multimedia once again is the target of a book, this one coming from the long series of Hacks books published by O'Reilly. Although the cover credits one author, Kyle Rankin, about a quarter ...

Jack Wallen kicks the tires of AV Linux and comes away impressed with the performance. Find out if this distribution is what you should be using for audio/visual content creation. I must confess, I do ...