I've been rather busy lately, so I haven't managed to write another Python article, but I finally squeezed out some time for part 3. If you haven't read them yet, I highly recommend reading parts one and two first.

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Ubuntu and family had another of their bi-annual releases last week Thursday, the 26th of April. This latest release is version 12.04, codename Precise Pangolin, and is a Long Term Support release.

As usual, I upgraded when the first beta release came out, and so I have had a ...

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I just heard some great news today: the Kubuntu distribution has financial sponsorship from version 12.10! Blue Systems, a sponsor of a number of other KDE-based projects, has stepped forward and will be employing Jonathan Riddell from May, when he steps down from his position at Canonical.

Kubuntu will ...

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This is a guest post by Raoul's brother Etienne, who is not only passionate about music, but also open source software.

Music is such an important part of a church service, even though we may sometimes wish that the tone-deaf person next to us didn't join in the ...

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Adobe released the last version of their Flash client for Linux last week, version 11.2. While this new release contains a host of new features, it is also the end of the Flash on Linux era.

This is mixed news for Linux users, as they will now have to ...

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A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the new all-free-software tablet from KDE developer Aaron Seigo called the Spark. Unfortunately MakePlayLive, the company manufacturing the tablet, ran into some issues with the name being trademarked, and has had to choose a new name. After much deliberation, they decided to ...

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Linux and Open Source software is growing and gaining more and more recognition these days. Most folk who work in the technical sector have at least heard of open source software, even if they haven't used it. But with more and more visibility, open source projects get more and ...

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It seems that Adobe is getting less and less cozy with Linux, despite having built 64 bit support for Flash initially only on Linux. Adobe recently announced that they are no longer releasing Flash Player for Linux other than bundled with Google Chrome. Support for the current version of Flash ...

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In the first lesson we introduced Python, the CPython interactive interpreter, and wrote a very simple program. This lesson we'll look at choosing a good editor, rewriting our previous program into a script and Python's basic types.

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The Linux world sure is buzzing at the moment! From the Raspberry Pi, to Ubuntu for Android, through to the Spark, things really do seem to be hotting up around the Linux platform.

Not to be outdone, another company has just opened pre-orders for their Linux product, a tiny computer ...

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