I haven't looked at linux theme's in a while, but this one is really nice. Works on just about every distro of Linux.

Elementary team releases @Elementary OS Freya http://t.co/6f3qpECYMv Love the attention to animations/design https://t.co/APqHHuxCwM #linux

Winner of the Ubuntu App Showdown 2012. Basically a clone of the popular mac app Reeder. Includes off-line support, keyboard navigation, notification bubbles, and HUD support. Currently powered off Google Reader but I'm sure it'll switch over to something like Feedly once Google Reader shuts down.

A quick security checklist for setting up a new server by Bryan Kennedy.

My security philosophy is simple: adopt principles that will protect you from the most frequent attack vectors, while keeping administration efficient enough that you won’t develop “security cruft”.

Great discussion and other tips here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5316093

Elementary OS - Luna release reaches Beta 1 http://t.co/yPcq41Km Check out this video of it in action https://t.co/cs0JPeDT #linux

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Ubuntu 12.10 released, check out the top 10 new features http://t.co/ldyq17nZ #linux

Ubuntu One Is Now Available for Mac OS X (via @WebUpd8) #linux http://t.co/Apu6JA9B

It's been a while since we heard much about the gorgeous linux distro elementary OS, but they've been chugging along making progress towards an official release. Webupd8 put together a great video showing off a quick preview of Geary (email client), Pantheon Files (file manager), Maya (calendar app), Plank (dock), Noise (music player) and many more of it's custom built apps. When will be released? When it's Ready.

New e-mail client Geary launches as a sort of Sparrow for Linux http://t.co/USzSozPZ #linux #ubuntu

OMG! Ubuntu! posted the following great video going over their Top 10 Features in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. They've got a neat guide on 10 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 12.04. Also check out WebUpd8's Things To Tweak in 12.04.

Valve Is Working On Steam For Linux http://t.co/5MBESBlo #gaming #linux

Just added over 30 #ubuntu computers by @system76 and @zareason on http://t.co/8DjzSIRt! Racking up @gdgt rep points, add your #linux pc!

Linux Mint 12 announced, will use Gnome 3 + MGSE http://t.co/wyGtyozp #linux #opensource

Take a quick peek at what's new and improved in Ubuntu 11.10 - due for release later today.

Windows 8 certified computers may not be able to boot Linux http://t.co/l9RyUssL #linux #opensource

"Project Hamster is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track on how much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track."

One of the more exciting aspects of Ubuntu 10.10 is undoubtedly the Unity shell in Ubuntu Netbook Edition and the uTouch touch screen capabilities bundled with it. The new gestures library allows finger combinations to do cool things like expand and reduce windows, pull up multiple windows in one workspace, and call up the dashboard automatically. These are in 10.10. In 11.04 we will see a lot more. You can read more about this on the Canonical Blog. Canonical unveils this new user experience in a cool video demonstration that shouldn’t be missed…

In the following video Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth delivers his keynote speech at the Ubuntu Developer Summit for the Maverick Meerkat 10.10 release of Ubuntu. Their goal: get every PC bundled to dualboot with Ubuntu. Their new product: Ubuntu Light - a light weight version of Ubuntu for netbooks that gets you on the web in 7 seconds.

Read the full article here.

"KDirStat is a graphical disk usage utility, very much like the Unix "du" command. In addition to that, it comes with some cleanup facilities to reclaim disk space."

I was actually looking for a Linux alternative for WinDirStat when to my surprise I found out that WinDirStat was actually based on this Linux app!