But getting Linux systems to run multimedia is far from easy. For example, Fedora Core 2 (FC2) out of the box " at least, as of when I first installed it last year -- lacked workable multimedia access ...

My past few posts have been about Debian GNU/Linux and its derivatives. However, the derivatives I have looked at so far have been general-purpose distributions and there is another large and very ...

Japan’s Turbolinux will begin selling its Wizpy Linux-based multimedia player in February. As a bonus, the device can also be used to boot a PC into the Linux OS, allowing users to access their files ...

Japan’s Turbolinux will begin selling its Wizpy Linux-based multimedia player in February. As a bonus, the device can also be used to boot a PC into the Linux OS, allowing users to access their files ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Venice Beach is one of my favorite beaches in the world, and when I go to the Los Angeles area, I try to visit the beach, just to stroll along the sidewalk and watch the people. One of the people I ...

STMicroelectronics has integrated Linux and Trolltech's Qtopia application environment into the STn8815 Nomadik multimedia application processor engine. The Nomadik platform provides a complete ...