The real reason you stayed on Linux has nothing to do with ideals but a strong functional foundation that we all take for ...

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 ...

Simple, yet powerful. That seems to be the new mantra for more than just this excellent media player from GNOME.

Israel-based startup Galleo Inc. announced a Linux-based "mobile multimedia communicator" at this month's CeBIT technology expo in Hanover, Germany. Like several other recently introduced handheld ...

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 ...

AV Linux MX-21 has arrived, and it’s almost a multi-media creator dream come true Your email has been sent Jack Wallen kicks the tires of AV Linux and comes away impressed with the performance. Find ...

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 ...

It was reported last week that Microsoft has contracted InterVideo to port Microsoft Windows Media technology to Linux. The move will allow InterVideo, a supplier of digital audio and video software, ...

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 ...

Two friends and myself are planning on building a cheap-as-chips system to store our films and TV shows. It needs to be able to display them (up to 1080p would be nice) on our TV, as well as feed ...

Turbolinux, a Japanese seller of the open-source operating system, has bridged a philosophical divide by licensing Microsoft technology for playing digital music and video. Pragmatism led the company ...