Linus Torvalds announces the release of the final stable version Linux 3.0. With the release of Linux 3.0, Torvalds has finally brought Linux out of the 2.6.x series, which had been in development for more than seven years.

Microsoft has contributed 361 changes/patches to the Linux kernel 3.0, which makes it the seventh largest contributor to the kernel and fifth largest corporate contributor. Has Microsoft turned a page? Are they embracing Linux and open source software?

Ubuntu 11.10 will have a fully revamped version of Gwibber – Gwibber 3.1. While the earlier version of Gwibber was made using Python and Webkit, Gwibber 3.1 is made using Vala and GTK3.

The sixth release candidate of Linux 3.0 was supposed to be the last one. However, Torvalds has decided to have one more release candidate – Linux 3.0 rc7.

CentOS developer Karanbir Singh has announced the availability of CentOS 6.0 for download. CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is a Linux based operating system that is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

According to the original release schedule, Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 2 was supposed to be released on 30th June. The release date was missed and now, it has been revealed that the second alpha of Ubuntu 11.10 will be released on 7th July.

BlueGriffon is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor based on the Firefox Rendering Engine. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and the client is free to use.

The state of ARM in Linux kernel can still be ignored all right but we have seen how Microsoft is talking of a Windows 8 tablet now. ARM is indeed important for the future of portable and mobile computing.

The Ambiance and Radiance themes that comes by default in Ubuntu has been ported to GTK3 now and they have landed in the development version of Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot”.

Colin Watson of Canonical has announced yesterday that all the amd64 and i386 ISO for Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” will be distributed in the hybrid format starting today.

Today Adobe has announced that they will no longer support AIR on the Linux desktop. They will now focus their resource on developing AIR for iOS and Linux on mobile devices – particularly Android.

In an interview, Mark Shuttleworth confirmed that Canonical is looking to replace Firefox with Chrome in Ubuntu. He said that one of the best thing about Chrome on Linux id the performance.

At the LinuxCon 2011, which took place in Japan, Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman sat down to talk about Linux – how much it has achieved in the last two decades, the kernel development process, Linux on desktop etc.

A few days back, KDE SC 4.6.4 was released. Here is what has changed in the release and how you can get the update in Kubuntu 11.04.

The final stable version available for all three major operating systems, namely Windows, Linux and Mac and there are many visible as well as behind-the-scene changes.