French Linux distributor MandrakeSoft releases a version of the open-source operating system that it says is optimized for creating low-budget supercomputers.

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A couple plastic lenses held in place by a chunk of cardboard isn't terribly high tech. But once you have that technology in place, Google Cardboard lets you literally transport to another world.

Simon Horman works as a software engineer for VA Linux Systems Japan. In his downtime he also busies himself working on open source projects such as kexec-tools, kexec for Xen IA64, the Linux ...

There’s a robust marketplace of open-source and low-cost software tools and platforms that can offer many of the same functionalities as high-priced tech products.